A patient who is hospitalized with abdominal pain and watery, incontinent diarrhea is diagnosed with Clostridium difficile. In planning care for the patient, the nurse will:

A patient with crushing syndrome is admited to the hospital to have laparoscopic adrenalectomy. During the admission assessment, the patient tells the nurse "The worst thing about this disease is how terrible I look; I feel awful about it.' The best response by the nurse is:

Mr. D receives a daily injection of 70/30 NPH/regular insulin premix at 7:00 AM. The nurse expects that a hypoglycemic reaction is most likely to occur between:

A with acute Gl bleeding is receiving normal saline IV at a rate of 500 ml/hr. Which assessment data obtained by the nurse are most important to communicate immediately to the healthcare provider?

The physical environment and traffic control measures of the operating room are designed primarily to:

A patient with suspected acromegaly is seen at the clinic. To assist in making the diagnosis, which question should the nurse ask?

A nurse is preparing a client for discharge home who is confused and incontinent after a stroke. Which instructions regarding bladder training will the nurse include in the teaching plan for the client's family?

Which of the information below obtained when caring for a patient who has been admited for evaluation of diabetes insipidus will be of greatest concern to the nurse?

A client has been taught to restrict dietary sodium. Which food selection by the client indicates to the nurse that teaching has been effective?

Cardiac monitoring is initiated for a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis. The nurse determines that this measure is important to identify:

A patient has the following arterial blood gas results: PH: 7.50. PaC02: 31 mm Hg, HC03-: 25 mEq/L. The nurse determines that these results indicate: