A provider prescribes 2 g of a medication to give to a client in eight divided doses over the next 24h.

How many mg should the nurse administer for each dose?

A patient is in the ER for a suspected myocardial infarction.

The nurse sends a blood sample to the lab.

The patient asked the nurse what laboratory levels would be elevated to indicate an MI. The nurse replies:

A nurse is assessing a patient with congestive heart failure that has shortness of breath.

Patients with heart disease can have fluid accumulate in the lungs.

This is called.

A nurse is explaining different types of complementary and alternative healing modalities to a client who has chronic pain.

Which of the following healing modalities should the nurse describe as the use of needles to stimulate specific points on the body to relieve discomfort, promote health, and cure disease?

The nurse recognizes that when a patient is unable to consume adequate nutrition by mouth, an alternative route such as a feeding ostomy may be used.

What is the proper term for feeding a patient by this method?

A nurse is caring for a client who reports chronic pain. Which of the following actions by the nurse uses holistic nursing?

A patient has a new diagnosis of congestive heart failure. What type of education would be appropriate to give the patient regarding signs and symptoms to report to the provider?

The nurse reminds the male patient with lactose intolerance that he can avoid the unpleasant symptoms of nausea, bloating, flatulence, and diarrhea if he will avoid certain foods. What product should the patient be instructed to avoid?

What part of the ECG would you look for atrial depolarization?

Confusion and misinformation relative to herbal medicine can make patients reluctant to disclose their herbal use to healthcare providers. What should be the nurse's approach?

A nurse is planning to calculate a client's cardiac output. Which of the following data should the nurse obtain to calculate the cardiac output?