A nurse is preparing to administer 2 units of packed RBCs to a client.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who had a total hip arthroplasty.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent hip dislocation?

A nurse is preparing to administer piperacillin 3.375 g by intermittent IV bolus every 6 hr.

Available in piperacillin 3.375 g in dextrose 5% in water (DsW) 100 mL to infuse over 30 min.

The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

A nurse is assessing a client who is preoperative and reports an allergy to bananas.

The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for an allergic cross-reactivity to which of the following substances?

A nurse finds a client in bed, unresponsive and breathing.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is having a left-sided cardiac catheterization.

Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is completing an assessment of an older adult client and notes reddened areas over the bony prominences, but the client's skin is intact.

Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a chest tube. The client asks why the fluid in the water-seal chamber rises and falls.

Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has dementia.

Which of the following questions should the nurse ask to assess the client's abstract thinking?

A nurse is caring for a client who has hypotension, cool and clammy skin, tachycardia, and tachypnea.

In which of the following positions should the nurse place the client?

A nurse on a medical unit is planning care for a group of clients.

Which of the following clients should the nurse attend to first?