A nurse is implementing a plan of care for a client who has AIDS with recurring pneumonia.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is completing discharge instructions with a client following an acute onset of gout. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the treatment regimen?

A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who has extensive partial and full-thickness burns of the head, neck, and chest.

While planning the client's care, the nurse should identify which of the following risks as the priority for assessment and intervention?

A nurse is caring for a client.

The nurse is collecting data from the client 12 hr later.

How should the nurse interpret the following findings?

For each potential finding, click to specify whether the finding is an indication of potential improvement or an indication of potential worsening condition.

A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is caring for four clients who are 24 to 36 hr postoperative.

Which of the following surgical procedures places the client at risk for deep-vein thrombosis?

A nurse is planning nutritional teaching for a client who is experiencing fatigue due to iron deficiency anemia. Which of the following foods should the nurse recommend to the client?

A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has a long history of diabetes mellitus and is being admitted to the emergency department, confused, flushed, and with an acetone odor on the breath. Diabetic ketoacidosis is suspected.

The nurse should anticipate using which of the following types of insulin to treat this client?

During a routine physical examination, a nurse observes a 1-cm (0.4-in) lesion on a client's chest.

The lesion is raised and flesh-colored with pearly white borders.

The nurse should recognize that this finding is suggestive of which of the following types of skin cancer?

A nurse is caring for a client who has HIV.

Which of the following laboratory values is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is planning care for a female client who has a T4 spinal cord injury and is at risk for acquiring urinary tract infections. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?

A nurse is teaching the partner of a client who had an acute myocardial infarction (MI) about the reason blood was drawn from the client.

Which of the following statements should the nurse make regarding cardiac enzymes studies?