A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes mellitus and has been following a treatment plan for 3 months.

Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse monitor to determine long-term glycemic control?

A nurse is completing discharge teaching with a client who has a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line in the left arm.

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

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 in a provider's office is teaching a client about the self-management of GERD.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is assessing a client who has pericarditis.

In which of the following areas of the client's chest should the nurse place the stethoscope to best hear a pericardial friction rub? (You will find hot spots to select in the artwork below.

Select only the hot spot that corresponds to your answer.).

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has dementia.

Which of the following questions should the nurse ask to assess the client's abstract thinking?

A nurse is providing instructions about foot care for a client who has peripheral arterial disease.

The nurse should identify which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching.

A nurse is administering furosemide 80 mg PO twice daily to a client who has pulmonary edema.

Which of the following assessment findings indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?

A nurse is planning care for a client who has full-thickness burns on the lower extremities.

Which of the following interventions should the nurse include?

Exhibit 1 Exhibit 2 Graphic Record Blood pressure 176/122 mm Hg Heart rate 136/min Respiratory rate 32/min Exhibit 3 O2 saturation 88%.

A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who was involved in an explosion.

Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first? (Click on the "Exhibit" button for additional information about the client.

A nurse is assessing a client who is preoperative and reports an allergy to bananas.

The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for an allergic cross-reactivity to which of the following substances?