Exhibits

Click to mark whether the following are signs and symptoms of cerebral edema, respiratory distress, or both.

A college student brings a dorm roommate to the campus clinic because the roommate has been talking to someone who is not present. The client tells the nurse that the voices are saying, "Kill, kill." Which question should the nurse ask the client next?

The home health nurse is assessing an older client who lives alone. The client reports being troubled by constipation. Which additional information should the nurse obtain to formulate a plan of care? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who underwent a pneumonectomy. The client wants to resume social activities with family. How should the nurse respond?

While caring for a client after a small bowel resection, the nurse is informed that the client has a history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). To reduce the risk of recurrence of the MRSA in the postoperative wound, which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement?

A client who delivered vaginally 2 days ago states that she wants to resume using her diaphragm for birth control. What information should the nurse share with her?

The nurse-manager is involved in agency restructuring. During this re-engineering process, it is most important for the nurse to address which employee concern?

When assessing a newborn girl with salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency, the nurse notes that the infant has an enlarged clitoris. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

A client is receiving a secondary infusion of erythromycin 1 grams in 100 mL dextrose 5% in water (DW) to be infused in 30 minutes.

How many mL/hour should the nurse program the infusion pump?

An older client with Alzheimer's disease is confused and asking the nurse to call their mother who is deceased. Which nonpharmacological intervention should the nurse implement?