A hospitalized client who has an advance directive and healthcare power of attorney is receiving enteral nutrition through a nasogastric (NG) tube. The client vomits and appears to be choking. Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse plans to administer naloxone 1 mg. The label of the 10 mL vial indicates that the drug concentration is 0.4 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer?
(Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

Which assessment is most important for the nurse to perform prior to the application of a heating pad?

A client who had surgery 3 days ago is sitting with head of bed at 75 degrees and requests to be repositioned. Which instruction is most important for the nurse to provide to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

Patient Data

Review H and P and nurse's notes.

Identify from the choices area to specify which condition the client is most likely experiencing, two actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client's progress.

The nurse is entering prescriptions for lab work in a client's electronic medical record (EMR) when the system locks up and does not restart. Which action should the nurse take first?

A client's wife has just learned that her husband is terminally ill. She is sitting in the corner of the client's room crying, and says to the nurse, "I feel as if I'm already so alone." Which action should the nurse take first?

A client with a prescription for morphine sulfate 0.2 mg intravenously every 4 hours as needed for pain reports that pain is a 10 out of 10 on the numeric pain scale one hour after receiving the last administration. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

The nurse observes a decrease in a client's level of consciousness. Which vital sign should the nurse obtain first?

After administering oxycodone to a client one hour ago, the client is reporting severe pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement next?

Two days after surgery, a male client experiences incisional pain while dangling his feet at the bedside and he refuses to ambulate as prescribed.
The nurse establishes a problem of "Activity Intolerance related to pain." Based on this problem, which outcome statement is best for the nurse to include in this client's plan of care?