After observing blood-tinged mucous when suctioning a patient who has just arrived on the medical-surgical unit after a laryngectomy, which action by the nurse is best?

For staging of head and neck cancer, which letter indicates whether cancer has spread to another part of the body?

The nurse is caring for a patient with obesity who is being considered for bariatric surgery. Which do the criteria guidelines for bariatric surgery include?

A nurse is caring for a client who has pneumonia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to promote thinning of respiratory secretions?

A nurse is auscultating the breath sounds of a client who has asthma. When the client exhales, the nurse hears continuous high-pitched squeaking sounds. The nurse should document this as which of the following adventitious breath sounds?

Which is the most common symptom of lung cancer?

A patient's status post hypophysectomy had drainage on the mustache dressing. Which complication is this patient at risk for if the glucose level of the drainage is 50 mg/dL?

Which side effect of radiation therapy will the nurse anticipate in a patient who has laryngeal cancer?

A patient with asthma is admitted with severe dyspnea and is unable to speak. The nurse finds that the patient looks drowsy and confused. Which other finding would the nurse expect?

After giving 6 oz of orange juice to a patient with hypoglycemia, the nurse finds that the patient's blood glucose level is 65 mg/dl. Which nursing intervention would be the most appropriate in this situation?

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The nurse should recognize that the client understands the teaching when he identifies which of the following as manifestations of hypoglycemia? (Select all that apply.)