A nurse is caring for a client who has a chest tube. The client asks why the fluid in the water-seal chamber rises and falls.

Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

A nurse is providing discharge teaching about blood glucose monitoring for a client who has a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The nurse should instruct the client to obtain which of the following supplies?

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 in the PACU is caring for a client.

Which of the following assessments is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who is to undergo open heart surgery.

Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider as a contraindication to receiving heparin?

A nurse is administering potassium chloride via IV infusion to a client who has severe hypokalemia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who has bounding pulses, crackles on auscultation, and pink frothy secretions when receiving suctioning.

The nurse should recognize these assessment findings as indicating which of the following?

A nurse in a clinic is providing preventive teaching to an older adult client during a good visit.

The nurse should instruct the client that which of the following immunizations are recommended for healthy adults after age 60. (Select all that apply.).

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is suspected of having septicemia.

Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is teaching a client who has diabetes mellitus about foot care.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is assessing a client following the insertion of a central venous catheter.

Which of the following findings indicates a pneumothorax?