A patient with dehydration will have which color of urine?

A nurse is collecting data from a client who has leukemia. Which of the following findings has the highest priority?

The nurse is caring for a patient with kidney stones. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

The nurse is caring for a 32-year-old female patient coming to the clinic with peripheral edema, periorbital edema and flank pain. Use the chart to answer the questions

History & Assessments

Medical/Surgical history: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) x12 years. controlled with glucocorticoids, diabetes mellitus x2 years, recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Surgical history includes C-sections x2. Mitral valve regurgitation for 2 years.

Social History: Married with two healthy children, Works full-time as an office manager. Denies use of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco.

Family History: Mother also had SLE died at age 55 from complications of renal failure. Father is alive and healthy.

Physical Assessment: Alert and oriented, moves all extremities, grips and pushes strong, PERRLA 3 mm. Lungs with crackles, bilaterally, no shortness of breath. 51, 52 heart sounds with murmur: 3+ radial and pedal pulses: 4+ edema of the lower legs, ankles and feet: 2+ edema of the fingers and hands: periorbital edema present. Pain with percussion of the costovertebral angle.

Medications: Prednisone 10 mg PO daily, metformin 500 mg PO BID: ibuprofen 600 mg PO for pain PRN.

The nurse is concerned about the patient’s renal function. For each patient finding, specify if the finding is consistent with the disease process of glomerulonephritis, urinary tract infection, or chronic kidney disease. Select all that apply in each row.

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a female client about preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Which finding is most important to monitor when caring for a patient with leukemia?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has cholelithiasis and is scheduled for an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. Which of the following statements made by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

What discharge teaching is most important to help the patient who has had a splenectomy prevent infection?

The nurse is taking a health history and notes the patient has a history of a splenectomy. For which condition is this patient at risk?

A patient with acute kidney injury has been instructed to limit potassium intake. The nurse recognizes while reinforcing teaching that the teaching has been effective if the patient chooses which of the following snacks? Select all that apply

A nurse is assisting in the care of a client in the emergency department (ED).

Complete the following sentence by using the list of options.

The nurse should first address the client’s