A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative and has a new prescription to advance her diet to full liquids.

Which of the following foods should the nurse offer the client as a part of a full liquid diet?

A nurse is teaching a group of newly licensed nurses about the Braden scale.

Which of the following responses by a newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client.

Exhibit 1 Vital Signs 0800: Exhibit 2 Temperature 37.6° C (99.7° F) Blood pressure 108/56 mm Hg Heart rate 66/min Respiratory rate 18/min Pulse oximetry 97% on room air 0830: Temperature 37.5° C (99.5° F) Blood pressure 88/56 mm Hg Heart rate 104/min Respiratory rate 24/min Pulse oximetry 93% on room air Select the 4 findings that require immediate follow-up.

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the care of a client who has a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.

Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is preparing to administer gentamicin 2 mg/kg IV to a client who weighs 220 Ib.

How many mg should the nurse administer? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.

Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.).

A nurse is assessing a client who has diabetes mellitus prior to performing a blood glucose test.

Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client has hyperglycemia?

A nurse is preparing to administer an injection to a client.

Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take after administering the injection?

When caring for a client who is receiving a warm, moist compress to relieve lower back pain, which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the compress has been effective?

A nurse is caring for a client.

Exhibit 1 Nurses' Notes Day 1: Exhibit 2 Exhibit 3 Client reports fatigue, weight loss, night sweats, and a persistent cough.

Performed a purified protein derivative test on the client and obtained a QuantiFERON-TB Gold blood test as prescribed.

Bilateral breath sounds with crackles and scattered wheezes throughout.

Cough productive for yellow, purulent sputum.

What are the first two actions the nurse should take?

What tort is committed by an assistive personnel who threatens to put a client in restraints for not following a provider's prescription for strict bed rest?

A nurse is mixing a short-acting insulin and an intermediate-acting insulin in the same syringe for a client who has diabetes mellitus.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?