A nurse on a medical-surgical unit is caring for four clients who are 24 to 36 hr postoperative.

Which of the following surgical procedures places the client at risk for deep-vein thrombosis?

A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who has extensive partial and full-thickness burns of the head, neck, and chest.

While planning the client's care, the nurse should identify which of the following risks as the priority for assessment and intervention?

A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has a long history of diabetes mellitus and is being admitted to the emergency department, confused, flushed, and with an acetone odor on the breath. Diabetic ketoacidosis is suspected.

The nurse should anticipate using which of the following types of insulin to treat this client?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a traumatic brain injury. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as an indication of increased intracranial pressure (ICP)?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 5 hr postoperative following a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP). The nurse notes that the client's indwelling urinary catheter has not drained in the past hour.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A home health nurse is assessing an older adult client in the home who has decreased vision due to a history of glaucoma.

Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a safety risk?

A nurse is planning nutritional teaching for a client who is experiencing fatigue due to iron deficiency anemia. Which of the following foods should the nurse recommend to the client?

A nurse at a rehabilitation center is planning care for a client who had a left hemispheric cerebrovascular accident (CVA) 3 weeks ago. Which of the following goals should the nurse include in the client's rehabilitation program?

A nurse is reviewing discharge instructions with a client following a right cataract extraction.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse in a burn treatment center is caring for a client who is admitted with severe burns to both lower extremities and is scheduled for an escharotomy.

The client's spouse asks the nurse what the procedure entails.

Which of the following nursing statements is appropriate?

A nurse in a clinic is assessing a client who has AIDS and a significantly decreased CD4-T-cell count. The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for developing which of the following infectious oral conditions?