Respiratory Therapy has an order to perform chest physiotherapy on your patient who has COPD. Your patient’s lung sounds are diminished, but free of secretions. What should the proper response be from the nurse to the respiratory therapist:

KO is admitted with severe dehydration and electrolyte unbalances. What assessment findings are you most likely to find initially before fluid balance reaches homeostasis?

The nurse provides care for the client with an asthma crisis experiencing hypoxia. Which lung sound would the nurse expect to auscultate on the physical assessment?

A client with renal disease requires IV fluids. It is important for the nurse to:

A nurse on a cardiac care unit oversees the care of different client’s cardiac health problems. Which action can be most appropriately delegated to personnel (UAP/CNA) when a patrent is found unresponsive?

A patient on the cardiac floor has just had a PlCC line placed by the MD. the Xray team has not verified the position of the catheter tip, yet. You check the heart monitor and notice she begins having an irregular heart rhythm called Atrial Fibrillation. You anticipate that the PlCC line is touching which chamber of the heart?

You receive report from the off going nurse that patient L K is admited with hyponatremia. the nurse states he is becoming increasingly confused as the day goes on and management is considering restraining the patient, so he does not become a harm to himself. You assess the patient and note that the IV fluids hanging are 0.33% NaCI. What should you do next?

A patient with congestive heart failure is at risk of excess fluid volume. Which intervention will best determine if the patient is beginning to have excess fluid volume?

The poison control nurse receives a call from the caregiver of a young school age child who may have ingested a poisonous substance. Which is the priority response by the nurse?

The Practical Nurse (PN) assessing a client for the nursing diagnosis of Impaired Verbal Communication is aware that the least number of defining characteristics for this diagnosis is:

Albuterol is prescribed for a 79-year-old male patient with severe COPD and Asthma You notice that he is having difficulty timing inhalation to receive the maximum dose of Albuterol. You give him a device to atach to the end of the Albuterol Inhaler called an aero chamber. You then educate him to before pumping the medication into the chamber.