A nurse is caring for a client who has anemia.

Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse anticipate with the client's condition?

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

Which of the following findings indicates a pneumothorax?

A nurse is caring for a client who has advanced liver disease.

Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse monitor when assessing this client?

A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer. The client tells the nurse, "I would prefer to try vitamins and minerals instead of chemotherapy." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is preparing to administer 2 units of packed RBCs to a client.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is teaching about food choices to a client who has chronic kidney disease and must limit potassium intake.

Which of the following choices should the nurse recommend as containing the least potassium?

A nurse is caring for a client who is scheduled for an abdominal paracentesis.

The nurse should plan to take which of the following actions?

A nurse is planning a staff education session about hepatitis.

Which of the following information should the nurse include?

A nurse in an emergency department is preparing a client for emergency surgery.

The client's blood alcohol level is 180 mg/dL.

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

A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is having a left-sided cardiac catheterization.

Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic renal failure.

The client displays the following ABG results: pH 7.24, PaCO2 44 mm Hg, PaO2 84 mm Hg. HCO3 18 mEq/L, base excess -2, and O2 saturation 95%.

The nurse should conclude that the client has which of the following acid-base imbalances?