A nurse is obtaining care for a clieture of a newborn. Which of the following sites should the nurse use?

A nurse is preparing to remove an IV catheter from the arm of a client who has phlebitis at a peripheral IV site. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?

A nurse is caring for a neonate in the neonatal intensive care unit.

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Nurses' Notes

1200:

The neonate is 3 days old. Lung sounds clear to auscultation. Frequent episodes of apnea, responds to tactile stimuli. Oxygen saturation 95% to 98% via nasal cannula. Neonate on radiant warmer.

Temperature 36.3° C (97.3° F)

Heart rate 158/min

Respiratory rate 70/min

Substernal retractions and nasal flaring noted. Orogastric (OG) tube placement verified. Continuous breast milk feedings via OG tube initiated 12 hr ago. The umbilical arterial catheter (UAC) site is clean, dry, and intact. Peripheral pulses 2+. Capillary refill brisk. Abdomen is soft, bowel sounds are present. Abdominal circumference increased by 1 cm (0.4 in) since the prior assessment.

A nurse is assessing a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus and was. Which of the following clients should the nurse instruct the staff to indicates that the client might be experiencing hypoglycemia?

A nurse is creating a plan of care for a client who has paranoid personality disorder and refuses to take their medication. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan?

A nurse is preparing to administer dopamine hydrochloride 4 mcg/kg/min via continuous infusion. Available is dopamine hydrochloride in a solution of 800 mg in a 250 mL bag. The client weighs 80 kg. The nurse should set the IV infusion to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is caring for a client who is near the end of life and is on complete bed rest. The client states that he needs to have a bowel movement, and the nurse offers a bed pan. The client states, "I've always used the bathroom." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 4 days postpartum following a cesarean birth.

For each potential assessment finding, click to specify if the assessment finding is consistent with mastitis or endometritis. Each finding may support more than 1 disease process.

A nurse is caring for a 9-year-old child at a clinic.

The nurse should determine that the assessment findings are consistent with which of the following conditions?

For each potential condition, click to specify if the assessment findings are consistent with a sprain, a fracture, or a dislocation. Each finding may support more than 1 condition.

A nurse is caring for a client.

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Nurses' Notes

0900:

Client who is at 38 weeks of gestation presents to the antepartum unit with uterine contractions, dark red vaginal bleeding, and abdominal pain that started approximately 45 min prior to arrival. Rates abdominal pain a 7 on a scale of 0 to 10. Client reports, "My blood pressure has been high during the pregnancy."

Home Medications: prenatal multivitamin, methyldopa 250 mg PO twice daily Physical Exam:

General: tearful, anxious

Cardiovascular: S1, S2, no murmur

Respiratory: bilateral breath sounds clear

Abdomen: Uterine hypertonicity with a board-like abdomen, tenderness noted upon palpation of left upper quadrant

FHR: 116/min, minimal variability noted

A nurse is caring for a client who has a placenta previa. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?