A nurse is caring for a patient who receives intermittent enteral feedings through an NG tube.
Before administering a feeding, the nurse should measure the gastric residual for which of the following purposes?

An LPN is reviewing the laboratory test results for a client who has an elevated temperature.
The nurse should identify which of the following findings is a manifestation of dehydration? (Select all that apply)

A nurse on a medical-surgical unit suspects that several patients have Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) when they all develop watery diarrhea.

What actions should the nurse plan to take while waiting for the patients’ lab results?

A nurse is collecting data from a patient who has dehydration.
What findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is caring for a client who has acute dehydration and is receiving IV fluids.
Which of the following laboratory values indicates to the nurse that the current treatment regimen is effective?

A nurse is reviewing the laboratory values of a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The glucose is 72 mg/dL, chloride is 100 mEq/L, sodium is 138 mEq/L, and potassium is 3.0 mEq/L. What action should the nurse plan to take?

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who is postoperative following peritoneal lavage for peritonitis.

The client has a nasogastric tube to low-intermittent suction and closed-suction drains in place.

Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?

Among the following, which is not a clinical finding of a severely dehydrated patient?

A nurse in a community clinic is collecting data from a patient who reports frequent vomiting and diarrhea for the past 3 days.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is examining the laboratory results for a client who had a urinalysis.
Which finding should the nurse communicate to the provider?