A client with a permanent pacemaker has no pulse or spontaneous respirations and the monitor is displaying a ventricular fibrillation rhythm. Resuscitation is in progress and the nurse is preparing to defibrillate the client with 200 joules of unsynchronized defibrillation. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement?

A postoperative client returns to the nursing unit following a ureterolithotomy via a flank incision. Which potential problem has the highest priority when planning nursing care for this client?

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement(s) by selecting from the lists of options provided. The nurse recognizes that the client has

The nurse is caring for a client who has a history of experiencing delusions. The client describes singing in a concert in the afternoon for thousands of people. Which action should the nurse take?

An older adult client who cares for her husband at home has just learned that she needs to have knee replacement surgery. She tells the nurse she is concerned about her inability to provide care to her husband while she recovers from surgery and attends physical therapy. She has a friend who can drive her to and from her appointments once she is discharged, but cannot provide the care her husband needs.

How should the nurse respond to the client?

A client newly diagnosed with diabetes mellitus suddenly becomes confused and weak. Which intervention(s) should the nurse implement? Select all that apply.

Patient Data

Review H and P. nurse's notes, laboratory results, flow sheet, and prescriptions. Click to indicate which interventions the nurse would include in the plan of care to support the expected outcomes of adequate epidural anesthesia on the mother and the fetus.

Each column must have a least one response selected.

A client expresses concern about receiving proper care in accordance with the client's religion. Which action is best for the nurse to take?

A client with a history of inflammatory bowel disease develops severe ulcerative colitis and is admitted to the intensive care unit after surgery for a fistula repair.

Which intervention is most important for the nurse to include in the plan of care?

The nurse uses the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCIS) and determines that the daughter is under significant stress caused by the assumption of her mother's care. The nurse is planning to have a discussion with the daughter on decreasing the stress she is experiencing as a caregiver.

Select the 3 statements that the nurse should include when discussing caregiver stress with the client's daughter.

Which assessment finding of a postmenopausal woman necessitates a referral by the nurse to a healthcare provider for evaluation of thyroid functioning?