A client with renal calculi is experiencing hematuria and reports severe flank pain.
Which intervention should the nurse implement first?

An adult client is admitted to the psychiatric unit because of a daily, complex handwashing ritual that takes two hours or longer to complete.

The client worries about staying clean and refuses to sit on any of the chairs in the day area.

This client's handwashing is an example of which clinical behavior?

The practical nurse (PN) observes a newly hired unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) who is counting a client's radial pulse as seen in the picture. Which action should the PN take?

An older male client is admitted with the medical diagnosis of a possible cerebral vascular accident (CVA). He has facial paralysis and cannot move his left side.

When entering the room, the nurse finds the client's wife tearful and trying unsuccessfully to give him a drink of water.

Which action should the nurse take?

Which information should the practical nurse (PN) collect during the admission assessment of a terminally ill client to an acute care facility?

Patient Data.

Which order would the nurse question? Select all that apply.

A client asks a nurse about the differences between major depressive disorder (MDD) and dysthymia.
Which of the following responses by the nurse is accurate?

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?

The client is a 29-year-old with a history of type 1 diabetes from the age of 6. She controls her blood glucose with an insulin pump and uses a continuous glucose monitor.

The client was out of town, and her insulin pump was damaged.

She had forgotten her back-up long-acting insulin at home, so she took the 6-hour drive home.

By the time she arrived at home, she was having nausea and vomiting.

Her blood glucose meter read over 500 mg/dL (27.8 mmol/L). She took a dose of insulin glargine and took herself to the emergency room.

The nurse is drawing an arterial blood gas to evaluate the client post treatment.

Complete the following sentence by choosing from the lists of options.

A pH level of

The nurse on the medical-surgical unit is receiving a transfer report from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) nurse for a client who had an exploratory laparotomy.

The PACU nurse provides the following information: "1000 mL normal saline is infusing at 125 mL/hr into the left wrist with 600 mL remaining.

Ondansetron 4 mg intravenously every 8 hours is prescribed for nausea.

The last dose was administered at 0700.

The client is currently describing pain at a level 2 on a 0 to 10 pain scale.

The client has a prescription for hydromorphone 1 mg intravenously every 2 hours as needed for pain.

The last dose was administered at 1000." Which additional information should the PACU nurse report?

A nurse is planning recreational activities for a group of patients who are receiving rehabilitation and restorative care.
Which of the following factors should the nurse consider when selecting appropriate activities? (Select all that apply.).