An adult is admitted with acute flank pain, a 102° F (38.9° C) oral temperature, hematuria, dysuria, urgency, and fishy-smelling urine. Which admitting prescription(s) are most important for the nurse to implement? Select all that apply.

An older adult client who cares for her husband at home has just learned that she needs to have knee replacement surgery. She tells the nurse she is concerned about her inability to provide care to her husband while she recovers from surgery and attends physical therapy. She has a friend who can drive her to and from her appointments once she is discharged, but cannot provide the care her husband needs.

How should the nurse respond to the client?

One year after being discharged from the burn trauma unit, a client with a history of 40% full-thickness burns is admitted with bone pain and muscle weakness. Which intervention should the nurse include in this client's plan of care?

The nurse uses the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCIS) and determines that the daughter is under significant stress caused by the assumption of her mother's care. The nurse is planning to have a discussion with the daughter on decreasing the stress she is experiencing as a caregiver.

Select the 3 statements that the nurse should include when discussing caregiver stress with the client's daughter.

The nurse is concerned about the client's temperature. Which interventions can the nurse use to address the client's temperature? Select all that apply.

A client with renal calculi is experiencing hematuria and reports severe flank pain. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?

The nurse observes an unlicensed assistive personal (UAP) washing hands prior to entering the client's room. Which action by the UAP requires additional teaching?

The friend of a nurse who works in an acute care hospital asks the nurse to review the adult daughter's electronic medical record (EMR) to determine if she is honestly disclosing her medical condition. The nurse's reply should include which information? Select all that apply.

Review H and P, nurse's notes, laboratory values, flow sheet, and prescriptions.

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The client demonstrates effective epidural anesthesia by

The nurse is providing a nutrition class to a group of postmenopausal clients. Which food should the nurse emphasize to this group?

The nurse is teaching a male adolescent recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) about self-injecting insulin. Which approach is best for the nurse to use to evaluate the effectiveness of the teaching?