A nurse is assessing a client who is 48 hours postoperative following abdominal surgery. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?

The nurse is assigned to care for a client who is 2 days postoperative after an above-the-knee amputation of the right leg.
The nurse plans to implement which measure to prevent hip contractures?

A nurse is admitting a client who has sustained severe burn injuries in a grease fire.

Using the Rule of Nines, the nurse should estimate that the client has burned the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies.

Do not use a trailing zero.

A nurse is caring for a client who sustained a femur fracture in an automobile accident and is placed into skin traction.
The nurse may remove the weights from the traction device if which of the following occurs?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a full arm cast and reports a pain level of 8 on a scale of 0 to 10, which is unrelieved by pain medication.
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first?

A nurse is assessing a client who is in skeletal traction.
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication of infection at the pin sites?

A nurse is caring for a client. Select the 5 findings that can cause delayed wound healing.

A nurse is planning care for a client who has pernicious anemia. Which of the following interventions should the nurse plan to implement?

A nurse is talking with a client who has cholelithiasis and is about to undergo an oral cholangiogram. Which of the following client statements indicates to the nurse understanding of the procedure?

A nurse is caring for a client.

Select the 5 findings that can cause delayed wound healing.

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who had a femoral head fracture 24 hr ago and is in skin traction. The client reports shortness of breath and dyspnea.
The nurse should suspect that the client has developed which of the following complications?