A nurse is caring for a client who is taking aspirin for arthritis. The nurse should identify which of the following findings as an adverse effect of this medication?

A nurse is caring for a client who has herpes zoster. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is assessing a client who has asthma. Which of the following areas should the nurse evaluate as the most reliable indicator of central cyanosis?

A nurse is planning care for a client who has immunosuppression following chemotherapy. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is assessing a client who has basal cell carcinoma on her nose. The nurse should expect which of the following findings?

A nurse in a provider's office is assessing a client who has AIDS. The nurse notes that the client has multiple and widespread raised, purplish- brown skin lesions. The nurse should recognize that these findings indicate which of the following conditions?

A nurse in a clinic is collecting a history from a client who reports that a member of his family just received a diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. The nurse should expect that the provider will prescribe which of the following diagnostic tests first?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving positive-pressure mechanical ventilation. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement to prevent complications? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who has deep partial- and full thickness burns to his chest, abdomen, and upper arms. What is the nurse's priority intervention for this client during the resuscitation of phase of injury?

A nurse is caring for a client who has COPD.

Nurses' Notes

Vital Signs

Medication

Home health nurse admission note:

Client discharged from healthcare facility yesterday following a 4-day stay for exacerbation of COPD. Lives alone; alert and oriented to person, place, and time. Lung fields with scattered rhonchi throughout, cough productive for thick white sputum, dyspnea with minimal exertion.

Clubbing is noted on fingers, chest is barrel-shaped. Supplemental oxygen at 2L/min via nasal cannula.

Home Health Nurse Note 3 days following discharge from health care facility: Client sleeping in recliner with nasal canula on their lap; awakens easily and is oriented to person but disoriented to place and time.

Lung sounds with scattered rhonchi, cough productive for thick, yellow secretions. 2+pitting edema bilateral in ankles and feet.

Re-oriented client. Client states "I don't remember if I did that breathing machine thing you told me about."

Instructed client on oxygen use, safety, and nebulizer treatments. Elevated lower extremities.

Select the 5 findings that require follow-up.

A nurse in a clinic sees a client who has an acute asthma exacerbation. Which of the following medications should reduce the symptoms?