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

An adolescent who is brought to the emergency department (ED) with a fever and persistent lower right quadrant abdominal pain is anxious, fearful, and hyperventilating.
The nurse anticipates the client developing which acid-base imbalance?

A child who weighs 55 pounds receives a prescription for cefotaxime 150 mg/kg/day intravenously in divided doses every 6 hours.
How many mg should the nurse administer each day?

While changing a client's postoperative dressing, the nurse observes purulent drainage at the site.
Before reporting this finding to the healthcare provider, the nurse should note which of the client's laboratory values?

A nurse is teaching a client with hypertension about antihypertensive drugs.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

The practical nurse (PN) is assessing an older client with left-sided heart failure (HF). What intervention is most important for the PN to implement?

Patient Data.

The nurse has called the physician and is anticipating orders.

Select the actions that would help with the listed treatment goals.

Select all that apply.

When assessing a client, the nurse should establish which finding(s) as objective? (Select all that apply.).

A client who weighs 176 pounds receives a prescription for norepinephrine 2 mcg/min intravenously (IV). The IV bag is labeled, "Norepinephrine 4 mg in dextrose 5% in water (D;W) 1,000 mL." How many mL/hour should the nurse program the infusion pump? (Enter numerical value only.).

A woman at 12 weeks' gestation comes to the clinic for her first prenatal visit.

After completing a health history, the nurse should discuss which topic about pregnancy at this initial visit?

Which problem reported by a client taking lovastatin requires the most immediate follow-up by the nurse?