A nurse is caring for a client who has just undergone a total laryngectomy.

Which of the following findings is the nurse's priority for immediate intervention?

A nurse is planning care for a client who has status epilepticus.

Which of the following interventions is the nurse's priority to include?

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 is assessing a client who has cirrhosis.

Which of the following findings is the priority for the nurse to report?

A community health nurse is reviewing home care instructions with an older adult client who has a new diagnosis of heart failure.

Which of the following is the priority topic for the nurse to review with the client?

A nurse is reviewing a cardiac rhythm strip of a client who has atrial flutter.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse finds a client in bed, unresponsive and breathing.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is teaching a client about the use of an incentive spirometer.

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

A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has asthma and a new prescription for a metered-dose inhaler.

Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving radiation.

The client reports nausea since the therapy was initiated.

Which of the following considerations should the nurse include when planning the client's meals?

A nurse is planning care for an older adult client who has Ménière's disease.

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