A nurse is assessing a patient with congestive heart failure that has shortness of breath.

Patients with heart disease can have fluid accumulate in the lungs.

This is called.

The nurse recognizes that when a patient is unable to consume adequate nutrition by mouth, an alternative route such as a feeding ostomy may be used.

What is the proper term for feeding a patient by this method?

A nurse is preparing to administer lactated Ringer's solution IV to infuse at 120 mL/hr for a client who has a respiratory disorder.

The drop factor on the manual IV tubing is 60 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the IV flow rate to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round to the nearest whole number.). PREVIOUS.

gtt/min.

A nurse is explaining different types of complementary and alternative healing modalities to a client who has chronic pain.

Which of the following healing modalities should the nurse describe as the use of needles to stimulate specific points on the body to relieve discomfort, promote health, and cure disease?

The nurse is assisting in a seminar for newly licensed nurses, teaching about characteristics of the heart. The nurse shows understanding of the heart when she states that the innermost layer of the heart is called the.

The nurse is caring for a patient recovering from a hip replacement and is providing education regarding exercises in physical therapy. What type of therapy should the nurse call these exercises?

A nurse is educating a patient with a newly placed pacemaker about a variety of complementary and alternative therapies.

What type of therapy is contraindicated in patients with pacemakers?

A nurse is collecting data from a client who is receiving chemotherapy and is showing manifestations of malnutrition. Which of the following indicates a Vitamin C deficiency?

A nurse is preparing to administer potassium chloride (KCL). The provider prescribes potassium chloride (KCL) 20 mEq suspension PO daily. The bottle is labeled KCL elixir, 10 mEq/mL. Which of the following should the nurse administer?

A nurse collecting data on a client who has iron deficiency.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

The nurse is taking care of a patient who is newly diagnosed with heart disease. The patient is asking questions about ejection fraction of the heart. The nurse responds.

The nurse understands that the volume of blood ejected from the ventricles during each beat is called.