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 nurse is planning care for a client who has acute gastritis. Which of the following nursing interventions should NOT be included in the plan of care?

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 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?

One of the intraoperative activities that are performed by the perioperative nurse and are specific to the circulating function is:

A nursing assessment of a patient with Cushing syndrome reveals that the patient has truncal obesity and thin and legs. An additional manifestation of Cushing syndrome that the nurse would expect to find is:

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:

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

The nurse is caring for a patient with hypothermia and fluid volume excess. Which of the following would be included in the plan of care?

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:

A 98-year-old patient with benign prostatic hyperplasia has a markedly distended bladder and is agitated and confused. All the following orders are received from the emergency department health care provider. Which order should the nurse act on first?