A nurse is preparing a client to undergo a cardiac catheterization. Which of the following tasks should the nurse perform prior to the procedure?

A nurse is caring for a client.

Complete the following sentence by using the lists of options.

The client is at risk of developing

A nurse is caring for a client who has pneumonia and tells the nurse, "I feel like an elephant is sitting on my chest." The client is weak and unable to walk. After the nurse initiates chest pain protocol, which of the following is the priority diagnostic test?

The nurse is continuing to care for the client.

Complete the following sentence by using the list of options.

The provider has admitted the client to the inpatient obstetrics unit and written prescriptions based on the client's condition.

The action the nurse should take first is

A nurse is assessing the fontanels of an 8-month-old infant. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as an expected finding?

A nurse is assessing the coping strategies of a client who has recently retired. Which of the following statements by the client indicates that the client is using compensation as a defense mechanism?

The nurse is continuing to care for the client.

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 working in the emergency department (ED) is admitting a client.

Click to highlight the findings that require immediate follow-up. To deselect a finding, click on the finding again.

Nurses' Notes

Day 1, 1030:

Client reports feeling short of breath, productive cough with yellow sputum, and pleuritic chest pain. Runny nose, myalgia along with headache for the past 3 days. "I woke up feeling worse and started to feel nauseated and couldn't eat my breakfast, so I thought I should come in." Client reports pleuritic chest pain as 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. Skin is moist. Lungs sounds are diminished in lower lobes with crackles. Bowel sounds are normoactive in all quadrants. Last bowel movement this morning. Reports no difficulty urinating. Reports nausea with no vomiting. Able to move all extremities. Pedal pulses present +2. Client is oriented to person, place, and time.

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing expressive aphasia and right The nurse should expect the adolescent to be in which of the nurse best promotes communication among staff caring for the client?

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

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