Exhibits

The nurse reviews the orders 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 indicated.

A client is admitted with bipolar disorder, manic psychosis. The client is placed in seclusion after unsuccessful attempts by staff at deescalating the client during a sudden mood swing from laughter to jumping and screaming threats while waving a plastic dinner knife. The client is given haloperidol 5 mg IM STAT prior to seclusion. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement immediately after seclusion?

A client arrives to the emergency department with chest pain after taking sildenafil. Based on the client's history, which medication should the nurse withhold?

The nurse is admitting a client from the post-anesthesia unit to the postoperative surgical care unit. Which prescription should the nurse implement first?

The nurse engages the client in conversation about her feelings and some of her coping mechanisms.

Click to specify which client statement or behaviors is most likely associated with each of the listed defense mechanisms. Some statements or behaviors may be consistent with more than one mechanism. Each column must have at least one response selected.

The charge nurse observes a new nurse preparing to irrigate an intravenous catheter. The new nurse brought a luer-lock-tipped syringe. Which action should the charge nurse take?

A client presents to the emergency department with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. While obtaining the history and physical assessment, the nurse discovers that the client's significant other is recovering from COVID 19. After obtaining a nasal swab to test the client for COVID 19, which action is most important for the nurse to take?

While preparing to administer a scheduled IV medication, the client tells the nurse that the IV site hurts and refuses to allow the nurse to administer a flush to assess the site. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

The nurse observes that a client with ascites is dyspneic. Which action should the nurse implement first?

The healthcare provider prescribes amoxicillin 5 grams PO daily, in equally divided doses to be administered every 8 hours. The medication is available in a bottle labeled, "Amoxicillin suspension 200 mg/5 mL." How many mL should the nurse administer every 8 hours? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

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After listening to the client's symptoms, the nurse realizes that she likely has