During a follow-up visit with a patient recently started on Coumadin, the home health nurse is concerned after seeing an herbal remedy that enhances the effect of anticoagulants by the patient's bedside.

What is this herbal remedy?

A nurse is conducting a nutritional education seminar.

The nurse knows the client understands the teaching when they state:

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?

The nurse is providing information about high cholesterol levels.

What is the rationale for avoiding saturated fats?

A nurse withdraws morphine 2 mg from a vial that contains 4 mg/mL to inject IM for a client.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take for wasting the excess medication?

A nurse is assisting with teaching a class about aromatherapy. The nurse should include that which of the following essential oils can promote sleep.

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?

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

A nurse is preparing to administer oral medications to a client. Which of the following should the nurse recognize as acceptable client identifiers?

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 completing the 8-hr l&0 record for a client who consumed 4 oz of clear soda, 1 piece of toast, 12 oz of water, 1 cup of fruit-flavored gelatin, and 1/2 cup of chicken broth.

The client also received 300 mL of 0.9% sodium chloride IV. The nurse should record how many mL of intake on the client's record? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number.)