Exhibits

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

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Patient Data

The nurse reviews the prescriptions and plans initial steps for caring for the client.

Click to indicate which interventions the nurse should perform to care for this client. Each row must have one response option selected.

A client with a history of unstable angina presents to the emergency department with constant chest pressure that is unrelieved with rest. The client appears anxious, pale, and diaphoretic.

After obtaining the client's vital signs, which action should the nurse take next?

The home health nurse makes a home visit to a client with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The client is sitting upright while feeding themself and coughs frequently during the meal.

Which action should the nurse implement?

A client with multiple sclerosis (MS) is receiving interferon beta-1b 0.1875 mg SUBQ every other day. The nurse reconstitutes the vial by slowly injecting "2 mL of diluent into the interferon vial for a reconstituted solution of 0.25 mg/1 mL How many mL should the nurse administer?

(Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest hundredth.)

The nurse caring for a child with mononucleosis can expect the child to exhibit which symptoms?

A client presents to the clinic with fatigue, poor appetite, general malaise, and vague joint pain that improves mid-morning. The client has been taking over-the-counter Ibuprofen for several months. The healthcare provider makes an initial diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Which laboratory test(s) should the nurse report to the healthcare provider? Select all that apply.

The healthcare provider places orders to determine the cause of client symptoms.

Use the chart to indicate if the listed symptom or finding is consistent with gastroenteritis, appendicitis, or ectopic pregnancy.

Each row must have at least one, but may have more than one, response option selected.

The nurse leading a care team on a medical surgical unit is assigning client care to a practical nurse (PN) and an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). Which activity should the nurse assign to the UAP?

Following a gunshot wound, an adult client has a hemoglobin level of 4 g/dL (40 g/L). The nurse prepares to administer a unit of blood for an emergency transfusion. The client has AB negative blood type and the blood bank sends a unit of Type A Rh negative, reporting that there is no Type AB negative blood currently available. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

Reference Range

• Hemoglobin [14 to 18 g/dL (140 to 180 g/L)

The nurse assesses a client who had bilateral total knee replacements (TKR) four hours ago. The nurse notes that the dressing on the client's right knee is saturated with serosanguineous drainage. Which action should the nurse implement?