A nurse is assessing a client who has a new diagnosis of diverticulitis and reports that he uses multiple complementary and alternative healing therapies.

Which of the following complementary therapies should the nurse identify as contraindicated for the client?

A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is having a left-sided cardiac catheterization.

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

A nurse is planning care for a client who has upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to a peptic ulcer.

Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

A nurse is teaching a client about the use of an incentive spirometer.

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

A nurse is preparing to administer piperacillin 3.375 g by intermittent IV bolus every 6 hr.

Available in piperacillin 3.375 g in dextrose 5% in water (DsW) 100 mL to infuse over 30 min.

The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

A nurse in an emergency department is reviewing a client's ECG reading.

Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication that the client has first-degree heart block?

A nurse is assessing a client who has a new diagnosis of diverticulitis and reports that he uses multiple complementary and alternative healing therapies.

Which of the following complementary therapies should the nurse identify as contraindicated for the client?

A nurse is assessing a client who is preoperative and reports an allergy to bananas.

The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for an allergic cross-reactivity to which of the following substances?

A nurse is caring for a female client who has toxic shock syndrome.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is preparing to administer naloxone 10 mcg/kg via IV bolus to a client who weighs 220 lb. The amount available is 0.4 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer? (round off to the nearest tenth)

A nurse is caring for a client who has advanced liver disease.

Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse monitor when assessing this client?