A nurse is providing education to an older adult patient about preventing osteoporosis. Which of the following recommendations should the nurse make?

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a patient who has hypernatremia. What interventions should the nurse recommend to include in the plan?

At 1300hrs, a nurse is preparing to administer medications to a 68-year-old male client in the cardiac unit. The client’s medications include Furosemide 40 mg PO daily, Potassium chloride 10 mEq/L PO twice daily, Lisinopril 10 mg PO daily, NPH insulin 26 units SUBQ daily, and Atorvastatin 20 mg PO daily.

Based on the findings above, complete the following sentence by using the list of options.
The nurse should clarify the prescription for

A nurse in a provider’s office is caring for a 68-year-old male client who reports changes in activity tolerance, feeling tired all the time, and difficulty remembering things. The client also states they bruise easily.

Complete the diagram by dragging from the choices below to specify what condition the client is most likely experiencing, what actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client’s progress.

A nurse is reviewing prescriptions from the provider. The prescriptions include:

Provider’s Prescriptions

• Obtain daily weight
• Obtain blood cultures x2
• Swab culture at AVF site
• Oxygen at 2 to 4 L nasal cannula for saturation less than 95%
• Initiate peripheral venous access
• Vancomycin 1 gram by intermittent IV bolus every 12 hr, infuse over 90 minutes
• Nutritional consult
• Acetaminophen 325 mg PO every 6 hr for temperature greater than 38.3 C (101° F)
• Diphenhydramine 25 mg PO every 6 hr

The nurse should first:

A nurse is caring for a 52-year-old male client in the emergency department. It’s now 0800hrs. The client reports worsening mid- abdominal pain, rating it as 8 on a scale of 0 to 10. He states, “I haven’t had a bowel movement in 5 days now.” He also mentions that he has vomited twice since the last assessment.

For each finding, specify if the finding is consistent with small bowel obstruction or acute pancreatitis. Each finding may support more than one disease process.