A nurse is assessing a client who has a long history of smoking and suspected of having laryngeal cancer. The nurse should anticipate that the client will report that her earliest manifestation was

A nurse is preparing a workshop on preventing common communicable and infectious diseases in the community. Which of the following prevention methods should the nurse include to target diseases that are transmitted directly?

A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client.

Drag 1 condition and 1 client finding to fill in each blank in the following sentence.

The client is at risk for developing

A nurse is implementing the ventilator care bundle for a client who is receiving mechanical ventilation. Which of the following should the nurse expect to find in the bundle?

A nurse is organizing interprofessional team members to meet the needs of a client. Which of the following roles is the nurse taking?

A charge nurse is teaching a group of staff members about hand hygiene. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin 30 mg/kg/day divided equally every 12 hr to a toddler who weighs 33 lb. Available is amoxicillin 200 mg/5 mL suspension. How many mL should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is caring for a client in the emergency department.

Click to highlight the findings in the transfer report that require immediate action by the nurse when the client arrives.

The client complains of fatigue, vertigo, and shortness of breath with daily activities.

Current vital signs are: blood pressure 86/46 mm Hg, pulse rate 100/min, respiratory rate 28/min. Oxygen saturation 94% on 2 L via nasal cannula. Client has an 18 g capped IV in the right antecubital space. There is a new prescription for 0.9% sodium chloride at 125 mL/hr. There is also a prescription for the transfusion of 2 units of packed RBCs; the first unit has been ordered from the blood bank. Oxygen is to be titrated to maintain an oxygen saturation of 92%.

A nurse is caring for a client who is 5 hr postoperative following a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The nurse notes that the client's indwelling urinary catheter has not drained in the past hour. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A charge nurse is providing an in-service to a group of staff nurses about unexpected events. Which of the following should the nurse include in the teaching as an example of a sentinel event?

A nurse is reviewing the record of a client who has a new diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and an A1C of 9. The client has attended multiple workshops about diabetes management but reports not using the meal plan to assist with nutrition and feels unmotivated to start an exercise regimen. According to the Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned behavior, which of the following explains the likelihood of this client having good outcomes in follow-up clinic visits?