A nurse is advising a client who is taking furosemide and has a serum potassium level of 3.1 mEq/L. Which food should the nurse recommend the client to incorporate into their daily diet?

A nurse is assisting a postoperative client.

The client is alert and oriented to person, place, and time, and reports incisional pain of 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. Morphine 8 mg was administered subcutaneously as prescribed at 0900.

The client is now sleeping and is difficult to arouse.

Pupils are 3 mm, equal and reactive to light.

Temperature is 37.5 C (99.5°), respirations are 10/min, and pulse oximetry is 87% on room air.

Which documentation in the client’s medical record requires further action by the nurse?

A nurse is admitting a client. Review the exhibits to answer the question.

For each potential provider's prescription, click to specify if the prescription is anticipated or contraindicated.

A nurse is educating a client newly diagnosed with hepatitis C. Which statement from the nurse best describes how the virus is transmitted?

The nursing assistant is delivering patient meals.

What meal should the nurse expect to be delivered to a patient who had gastric bypass surgery the day before?

A nurse is attending to a client who has suffered a basal skull fracture.

During the morning hygiene care, the nurse observes a thin clear drainage coming from the client’s right nostril.

What should be the nurse’s immediate action?

A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client about how to care for a newly created ileal conduit.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

A patient has recently had a cast applied to their left lower extremity.

Which of the following is included in the nursing care of this fresh cast?

A nurse is providing care for a client with severe burns.

The client’s vital signs at 0820 are as follows: Blood pressure 140/80 mm Hg, Heart rate 110/min, Respiratory rate 25/min, Sa 98% on room air, Temperature 36.1 C (97° F). Which of the following interventions should the nurse consider? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for an 85-year-old patient with septic shock.

What should the nurse consider when repositioning this patient?

A patient with aplastic anemia is scheduled to receive an injection of erythropoietin (Epogen). The patient inquires about the purpose of the injection.

How should the nurse respond?