A client who has atrial fibrillation is prescribed warfarin therapy.

Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the medication?

The nurse completes percussion of the abdomen on an older adult client.
Which finding is considered normal for this client?

The nurse is planning discharge instructions for a client with type 2 diabetes who will be starting exenatide.

Which information should be included in the discharge instructions?

The nurse is developing an educational program for older clients who are being discharged with new antihypertensive medications.
The nurse should ensure that the educational materials include which characteristics? (Select all that apply.).

A female client who is admitted to the mental health unit for opiate dependency is receiving clonidine 0.1 mg by mouth (PO) for withdrawal symptoms.

The client begins to complain of feeling nervous and tells the nurse that her bones are itching.

Which finding should the nurse identify as a contraindication for administering the medication?

After an increase in the number of suicides in a community, the nurse is developing a class for adolescents about mental health.

Which type of activity should the nurse include in the teaching?

A client with intestinal obstruction has a nasogastric tube to low intermittent suction and is receiving an intravenous (IV) infusion of lactated Ringer's at 100 mL/hour.
Which finding is most important for the nurse to report to the healthcare provider? Reference Range: Potassium (3.5 to 5 mEq/L (3.5 to 5 mmol/L).

A client is recovering in the critical care unit following a cardiac catheterization.

Intravenous (IV) nitroglycerin and heparin are infusing.

The client is sedated but responds to verbal instructions.

After changing positions, the client complains of pain at the right groin insertion site.

Which action should the nurse implement?

After receiving a change of shift report for clients on a medical surgical unit, which task should the nurse assign to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

A client is admitted following a motor vehicle collision.

When assessing the client's level of consciousness, the nurse notes that the client no longer responds to commands.

The nurse initiates a painful stimulus and the client responds by pulling the arms inward with elbows and wrists flexed and extending the legs with the toes pointed downward.

Which action should the nurse implement?

The nurse is caring for four clients: Client A, who has emphysema and whose oxygen saturation is 94%; Client B, with a postoperative hemoglobin of 8.2 mg/dL (82 g/L); Client C, newly admitted with a potassium level of 3.8 mEq/L (3.8 mmol/L); and Client D, scheduled for an appendectomy who has a white blood cell (WBC) count of 14,000 mm (14 x 10^9/L). Which intervention should the nurse implement? Reference Range:. Hemoglobin [14 to 18 g/dL (140 to 180 g/L)]. Potassium [3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L (3.5 to 5.0 mmol/L)]. White Blood Cell [5000 to 10,000/mm² (5 to 10 x 10^9/L)].