A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide to a client who has acute heart failure.

Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse identify as a contraindication for receiving the medication?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving continuous bladder irrigation following a transurethral resection of the prostate.

The client reports bladder spasms and the nurse observes decreased urinary output.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A charge nurse receives a call from the house supervisor requesting room assignments for four new clients.

Based on the admission diagnoses, which of the following clients requires a private room?

A nurse in the PACU is caring for a client.

Which of the following assessments is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a deep-vein thrombosis (DVT).

Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a risk factor for developing DVTS?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving radiation.

The client reports nausea since the therapy was initiated.

Which of the following considerations should the nurse include when planning the client's meals?

A nurse is completing discharge teaching with a client who has a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line in the left arm.

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

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

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

A nurse is assessing a client admitted with peripheral vascular disease.

Which of the following findings indicates a venous vascular disorder?

A nurse in a provider's office is teaching a client about the self-management of GERD.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?