A nurse is caring for a client who has pancreatitis and has been receiving total parenteral nutrition.

Which of the following laboratory tests should the nurse monitor for overall nutritional status?

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 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?

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 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 care for a client who has left-sided hemiplegia following a stroke.

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

A nurse is completing discharge teaching with a client who has a new diagnosis of AIDS.

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

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 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 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 teaching to a client who is receiving opioids for pain management.

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