A nurse is caring for a patient admitted with a lower respiratory infection.

After assisting the patient to bed and applying the prescribed oxygen, which finding would help the nurse evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing care?

A nurse is collecting data from a client who has peptic ulcer disease.

Which of the following findings is a manifestation of gastrointestinal perforation?

The nurse is caring for an 85-year-old patient with septic shock.

What should the nurse consider when repositioning this patient?

A patient has severe trauma from an automobile accident.

The nurse is checking the gastric pH and is administering Protonix 40 mg IV piggyback two times a day as ordered.

This is prophylactic to prevent which of the following?

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who has urolithiasis.

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

A nurse is caring for a patient admitted with a lower respiratory infection.

After assisting the patient to bed and applying the prescribed oxygen, which finding would help the nurse evaluate the effectiveness of the nursing care?

A nurse is educating a client newly diagnosed with hepatitis C. Which statement from the nurse best describes how the virus is transmitted?

A nurse is caring for a client with an electrical burn.

The client states that since the wound on the skin is small, the burn must not be too bad.

Which of the following is the best response by the nurse?

Which laboratory finding is commonly associated with acute pancreatitis?

A patient with chemical burns to the chest and abdomen is admitted to the emergency department.

The registered nurse begins to flush the area with sterile saline.

What is the first action the LPN should take to stop the burning process?

The nurse is instructing the client on the correct way to take nitroglycerin as needed for chest pain.

Which is the correct instruction?