A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a patient who has hypertension and a new prescription for propranolol. What findings should the nurse identify as a contraindication for taking propranolol?

The nurse is reviewing the client’s findings. The client is at the highest risk for developing

A nurse is preparing to measure a post-meal blood glucose level in a patient with diabetes mellitus. What steps should the nurse take?

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:

The nurse is continuing to assist in the care of the client.

For each data collection finding, specify if the finding on postoperative day 1 is consistent with hypovolemic shock or pulmonary embolism. Each finding may support more than one disease process or none at all. There must be at least one selection in every column. There does not need to be a selection in every row. Note: Each category must have at least one response option selected.