A nurse is monitoring a client who is admitted with severe hemorrhage from traumatic injury who is receiving IV fluid resuscitation therapy. The nurse should identify a decrease in which of the following findings as an indication of adequate fluid replacement?

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus about self-administration of insulin. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Before the client starts taking phenazopyridine hydrochloride (Pyridium), she should be taught about which of the drugs side effects?

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?

The health care provider suspects the Somogyi effect in a 66-yr-old patient whose 2:00 AM blood glucose is 66 mg/dL. Which action will the nurse teach the patient to take?

A nurse is caring for a client who has the following arterial blood gas results: HCO, 20 mEq, PaCO2 40 mm Hg and pH 7.32. The nurse recognizes the client is experiencing which of the following acid base imbalances?

A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes and a new prescription for 16 units of regular insulin and 26 units of NPH insulin subcutaneously at breakfast daily. What is the total number of units of insulin that the nurse should prepare in the insulin syringe?

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has a urinary tract infection (UTI). Which of the following manifestations should the nurse identify as a finding specifically associated with this client?

Following an intravenous pyelogram (IVP) using contrast medium, the nurse should anticipate incorporating which of the following measures the client's plan of care?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a transurethral resection of the prostate. Which of the following complications is the priority for the nurse to monitor for?

A nurse is caring for a client who has developed diseases of large and medium-sized blood vessels because of diabetes. Which of the following should the nurse anticipate if the client has cerebrovascular disease, cardiovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease?