A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a blood transfusion.

The nurse observes that the client has bounding peripheral pulses, hypertension, and distended jugular veins.

The nurse should anticipate administering which of the following prescribed medications?

A nurse is assessing a client who has right-sided heart failure.

Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse expect to find?

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who is suspected of having septicemia.

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

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 a central venous access device for intermittent infusions.

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

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 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 teaching a client who has AIDS and wishes to continue self-care at home despite living alone.

Which of the following actions by the nurse demonstrates client advocacy?

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

Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is monitoring a client's heart rhythm following the insertion of a permanent pacemaker.

Which of the following images should the nurse expect?

A nurse is monitoring an older adult client who has an exacerbation of chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

The nurse notes petechiae on the client's skin.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?