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 preparing to administer furosemide to a client who has acute heart failure.

Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse identify as a contraindication for receiving the medication?

A nurse is reviewing a cardiac rhythm strip of a client who has atrial flutter.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is caring for a client admitted with a skull fracture.

Which of the following assessment findings should be of greatest concern to the nurse?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a sealed radiation implant.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who has bounding pulses, crackles on auscultation, and pink frothy secretions when receiving suctioning.

The nurse should recognize these assessment findings as indicating which of the following?

A nurse is assessing a client who has a new diagnosis of diverticulitis and reports that he uses multiple complementary and alternative healing therapies.

Which of the following complementary therapies should the nurse identify as contraindicated for the client?

A nurse is assessing a client who has heart failure.

Which of the following client statements should indicate to the nurse that the client needs a referral for cardiac rehabilitation?

A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is having a left-sided cardiac catheterization.

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

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 teaching a client who has endometriosis about the adverse effects of leuprolide.

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