Patient Data

Exhibits

What is the rationale for the order of supplemental oxygen 10 L/min via nasal cannula? Select the best answer.

The nurse is caring for a client who has been admitted with recurring migraine headaches.
To assess the quality of the client's pain experienced from the migraine headache, which approach should the nurse use?

Patient Data

What is the rationale for the order of supplemental oxygen 10 L/min via nasal cannula? Select the best answer.

A newly hired unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is assigned to a home healthcare team along with two experienced UAPs.

Which intervention should the home health nurse implement to ensure adequate care for all clients?

An adult male was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer three weeks ago.

His wife approaches the nurse and asks how she will know that her husband's death is imminent because their two adult children want to be there when he dies.

Which is the best response by the nurse?

A nurse is teaching a client who has a fungal infection about fluconazole.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A client is admitted with an exacerbation of heart failure secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Which observation(s) by the nurse require immediate intervention to reduce the likelihood of harm to this client? (Select all that apply.).

The mother of a child with cerebral palsy (CP) asks the nurse if her child's impaired movements will worsen as the child grows.

Which response provides the best explanation?

The nurse on the medical-surgical unit is receiving a transfer report from the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) nurse for a client who had an exploratory laparotomy.

The PACU nurse provides the following information: "1000 mL normal saline is infusing at 125 mL/hr into the left wrist with 600 mL remaining.

Ondansetron 4 mg intravenously every 8 hours is prescribed for nausea.

The last dose was administered at 0700.

The client is currently describing pain at a level 2 on a 0 to 10 pain scale.

The client has a prescription for hydromorphone 1 mg intravenously every 2 hours as needed for pain.

The last dose was administered at 1000." Which additional information should the PACU nurse report?

A 5-year-old child with a history of a waddling gait and frequent falls is brought into the hospital for diagnostic testing.
When explaining the diagnostic testing to the parents, the nurse should provide information based on which understanding of the underlying disease pathology?

A young adult is brought to the emergency department after taking a handful of drugs.

The client is unresponsive, so an endotracheal tube (ETT) is inserted.

How should the nurse determine if the ETT is correctly placed? (Select all that apply.).