A patient’s hemoglobin is severely low and she is complaining of being overly tired and fatigued. You are educating her on the role hemoglobin has with oxygenation and perfusion. You will know she understands the role of hemoglobin when she tells you hemoglobin transports:

Your patient is ordered an EKG upon admission to the hospital. She is very scared and states she has never had one of these diagnostic tests before. Which answer is most appropriate by the nurse regarding EKG.

The poison control nurse receives a call from the caregiver of a young school age child who may have ingested a poisonous substance. Which is the priority response by the nurse?

Coughing and Deep breathing is taught to a patient to prevent recurrent pneumonia. She is educated to breathe in deeply first to over expand lung volume: this is called what?

A nurse is administering a blood transfusion to a client. After 15 minutes, the client reports difficulty breathing. What is the first action by the nurse?

The nurse observes that the client’s pulse oximetry is 89%. What is the priority nursing action?

A patient with congestive heart failure is at risk of excess fluid volume. Which intervention will best determine if the patient is beginning to have excess fluid volume?

The nurse is caring for a client who recently had surgery on her left hip. What should be the priority teaching for the patient after surgery to prevent complications?

A patient newly diagnosed with heart failure understands that heart failure means there is a lack of sufficient blood supply to the patient's tissue throughout the body tells you that the is responsible for pumping blood from the hear t to the lest of the body.

The Practical Nurse (PN) assessing a client for the nursing diagnosis of Impaired Verbal Communication is aware that the least number of defining characteristics for this diagnosis is:

The nurse is caring for a client with respiratory alkalosis. Which arterial blood gas data does the nurse anticipate finding?