A nurse is caring for a client who has an indwelling urinary catheter.

The nurse notes that sediment is present in the urine.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take to obtain a sterile urine specimen?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a parent of a 4-month-old infant during a home visit.

Which of the following statements by the parent indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse on a telemetry unit is assessing a client who is receiving continuous cardiac monitoring. The client's heart rate is 69/min and the PR interval is 0.24 seconds. The nurse should interpret this finding as which of the following cardiac rhythms?

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about caring for clients in the emergency department.

Which of the following actions should the nurse include when teaching about interacting with a client who is aggravated, pacing, and speaking loudly?

A nurse is planning care for a school-age child who is 4 hr postoperative following appendicitis.

Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A case manager is meeting with a client who asks about using alternative therapies to manage her rheumatoid arthritis.

A nurse is developing a care plan for a client who is in Buck’s traction and is scheduled for surgery for a fractured femur of the right leg.

Which of the following interventions should the nurse delegate to an assistive personnel?

A charge nurse is teaching new staff members about factors that increase a client’s risk to become violent.

Which of the following risk factors should the nurse include as the best predictor of future violence?

A nurse is caring for a client whose partner recently died.

The nurse sits with the client to provide comfort.

Which of the following ethical principles is the nurse demonstrating?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a new diagnosis of schizophrenia and a prescription for an antipsychotic medication. The nurse should recognize that which of the following indicates an adverse effect that must be reported to the provider?

A nurse is providing care for a client who experienced a myocardial infarction prior to a cardiac arrest. Which of the following laboratory tests will identify early injury to the cardiac muscle?