A nurse is planning care for a client who is receiving continuous enteral tube feedings through an open system.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

The nurse is continuing to care for the client.

Nurses' Notes.

Day 1, 0900:. Day 1, 0930:. Client is at 31 weeks of gestation and presents with a severe.

headache unrelieved by acetaminophen.

Client also reports.

urinary frequency and decreased fetal movement.

Client is a G3. P2 with one preterm birth.

Client reports a constant and throbbing headache and rates it. as a 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. Denies visual disturbances.

+3. pitting edema in bilateral lower extremities.

Patellar reflex 4+. without the presence of clonus.

Client reports occasional.

nighttime leg cramps.

Reports three fetal movements within the.

last 30 min.

External fetal monitor applied with a baseline FHR.

140/min with occasional accelerations and moderate variability.

No uterine contractions noted.

Vital Signs.

Day 1, 0900:. Temperature (oral) 36.9° C (98.4° ). Heart rate 72/min.

Respiratory rate 16/min.

BP 162/112 mm Hg. Oxygen saturation 979% on room air.

Day 1, 0930:. Temperature (oral) 37.1° C (98.8° ). Heart rate 84/min.

Respiratory rate 18/min.

BP 166/110 mm Hg. Oxygen saturation 999% on room air.

Color yelow yelow). pH 5.9 (4.6 to 8). Protein 3+ (negative). Specific gravity 1.013 (1.005 to 1.03). Leukocyte esterase negative (negative). Nitrites negative (negative). Ketones negative (negative). Crystals negative (negative). Casts negative (negative). Glucose trace (negative). WBC 5 (0 to 4). WBC casts none (none). RBC 1 (less than or equal to 2). RBC casts none (none). Day 1, 1030:. CBC:. Hemoglobin 18.0 g/dL (12 to 16 g/dL). Hematocrit 35% (37 to 479%). Platelets 98,000/mm³ (150,000 to 400,000/mm³). BUN 19 mg/dL (10 to 20 mg/dL). Creatinine 0.8 mg/dL (0.5 to 1 mg/d). WBC 8,000/mm³ (5,000 to 10,000/mm³). Glucose 85 mg/dL (74 to 106 mg/dL). Liver Enzymes:. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 40 units/L (4 to 36 units/L). Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 42 units/L (0 to 35 units/L). Total bilirubin 1.2 mg/dL (0.3 to 1 mg/dL). The nurse is reviewing the assessment findings.

For each assessment finding, click to specify if the finding is consistent with.

preeclampsia or HELLP syndrome.

Each finding may support more than one.

disease process.

A nurse is providing teaching to an older adult client about methods to promote nighttime sleep.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching about advance directives with a client who has end-stage heart failure. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

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 caring for a client in active labor.

Admission Assessment.

0200:. Gravida 1, Para 0 at 39 weeks gestation.

Presents with.

contractions occurring every 5 to 6 min, 45 to 60 seconds.

duration.

Cervical examination 4 cm dilated, 50% effaced.

Admit.

to the labor and delivery unit.

Nurses' Notes.

0200:. Admitted to the labor and delivery unit, and reports pain as 7 on a scale.

of O to 10 with contractions.

Cervix 4 cm dilated, 50% effaced,with membranes intact.

0230:. The client reports increasing discomfort with contractions.

Cervix 5. cm dilated, 60% effaced, with membranes intact.

Contractions.

occurring every 5 min, 45 to 60 seconds duration.

0300:. Epidural anesthesia was initiated.

Cervix 7 cm dilated, 70% effaced,. with membranes intact.

Contractions occur every 4 to 5 min,60 seconds duration.

Vital Signs.

0200:. Temperature 36.9° C (98.4° F). Heart rate 86/min.

Respiratory rate 18/min.

BP 118/78 mm Hg. 0230:. Temperature 37° C (98.6° F). Heart rate 88/min.

Respiratory rate 20/min.

BP 120/80 mm Hg. 0300:. Temperature 37.1° C (98.8° F). Heart rate 90/min.

Respiratory rate 18/min.

BP 122/76 mm Hg. The nurse is assuming care for the client at 0305.

For each nursing action, click to specify if the nursing action is essential. contraindicated for the client.

A charge nurse on a medical-surgical unit is assisting with the emergency response plan following an external disaster in the community.
In anticipation of multiple client admissions, which of the following current clients should the nurse recommend for early discharge?

A charge nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about medication administration.
Which of the following information should the charge nurse include?