A nurse is assessing a client who has a chest tube following a thoracotomy. Which of the following findings requires intervention by the nurse?

A nurse is teaching the guardian of an infant who has developmental dysplasia of the hip about a Pavlik harness. Which of the following Instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is planning care for a client who is prescribed a cane for ambulation. Which of the following nursing actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is caring for a client in the intensive care unit.

The nurse is reviewing the admission assessment, nurses' notes, vital signs, and laboratory results. Drag words from the choices below to fill in each blank in the following sentence. The nurse identifies that the client's and can indicate the development of delirium.

A nurse is assessing a client who is gravida 2, para 1. The client is at 41 weeks of gestation and is receiving oxytocin for the augmentation of labor. The nurse should decrease the infusion rate for which of the following findings?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and receiving electronic fetal monitoring. The nurse is reviewing the monitor tracing and notes early decelerations. Which of the following should the nurse expect?

A nurse is assessing a client who has the following vital signs: oral temperature 37.2° C (98.9° F), apical pulse rate 80/min, radial pulse rate 62/min, respiratory rate 16/min, and blood pressure 132/40 mm Hg. What is the client's pulse pressure?

(Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is preparing a client for surgery and has just administered the preoperative injection.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?