A nurse working on a medical-surgical unit suspects that several clients have Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) when they all develop watery diarrhea. Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take while waiting for the client's lab results?

A nurse is assisting with the discharge teaching for a client on home intermittent peritoneal dialysis. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of fluid balance self-management? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse in a long-term care facility is observing an assistant personnel (AP) changing the linen for a client who has fecal incontinence. Which of following actions indicates that the AP understands the principles of infection control?

A charge nurse observes a nurse administer intermittent tube feedings via an NG tube to a client. Which of the following actions should the charge nurse to intervene?

A nurse is caring for a client with a history of benign prostatic hypertrophy who has been admitted for a urinary tract infection. A student nurse asks what causes benign prostatic hypertrophy in men. The nurse should respond with which of the following statements?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following conditions as a complication TPN?

A nurse is assisting in the admission assessment of a client who presents to the emergency department (ED) reporting a puffy face and malaise. The client states, "I finished taking amoxicillin for strep throat a few days ago." The nurse suspects the client may have acute glomerulonephritis. If the nurse is correct, which of the following other assessment findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a 20-year-old college student who has a 2-year history of bulimia nervosa. She tells the nurse, "I know my eating binges and vomiting are not normal, but I cannot do anything about them." Which of the following is a therapeutic response by the nurse?

A nurse on the urology unit is assisting with a continuing education session to nurses on the management of care of the client with benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH). To promote an interprofessional treatment approach related to the psychosocial impact the disease has on the client, which of the following health care professionals is the most important to include in the client's plan of care?

A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and is receiving gentamicin. Morning laboratory results include the following: BUN 31 mg/dL, creatinine 1.8 mg/dL, and glomerular filtration rate 55 mL/min. Which of the following conditions does the client's laboratory results most likely indicate?

The nurse is caring for a client who has a bowel obstruction and a new prescription for the insertion of a nasogastric tube. Which of the following interventions should the nurse take when inserting the nasogastric tube?