The client is a 29-year-old with a history of type 1 diabetes from the age of 6. She controls her blood glucose with an insulin pump and uses a continuous glucose monitor.

The client was out of town, and her insulin pump was damaged.

She had forgotten her back-up long-acting insulin at home, so she took the 6-hour drive home.

By the time she arrived at home, she was having nausea and vomiting.

Her blood glucose meter read over 500 mg/dL (27.8 mmol/L). She took a dose of insulin glargine and took herself to the emergency room.

The nurse is drawing an arterial blood gas to evaluate the client post treatment.

Complete the following sentence by choosing from the lists of options.

A pH level of

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and HCO3- level of

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indicate a resolution of ketoacidosis.

An adult client is admitted to the psychiatric unit because of a daily, complex handwashing ritual that takes two hours or longer to complete.

The client worries about staying clean and refuses to sit on any of the chairs in the day area.

This client's handwashing is an example of which clinical behavior?

After an unsuccessful resuscitation attempt, the nurse calls the family of the deceased.

The family wish to see the body before it is taken to the funeral home.

Which intervention(s) should the nurse take to prepare the body before the family enters the room? (Select all that apply.).

A client with intestinal obstruction has a nasogastric tube to low intermittent suction and is receiving an intravenous (IV) infusion of lactated Ringer's at 100 mL/hour.
Which finding is most important for the nurse to report to the healthcare provider? Reference Range: Potassium (3.5 to 5 mEq/L (3.5 to 5 mmol/L).

A client who has been prescribed propranolol for the treatment of arrhythmias reports experiencing shortness of breath and difficulty breathing while lying down at night.

Which of the following should the nurse instruct the client to do?

A nurse is teaching a group of older adults about the effects of aging on the neurological system.
Which of the following statements should the nurse include as correct? (Select all that apply.).

A client with diabetic peripheral neuropathy has been taking pregabalin for 4 days.
Which finding indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?

A nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about the components of critical thinking.
Which of the following statements by a student indicates a need for further teaching?

Which computer documentation indicates that activities to prevent postoperative venous stasis were performed correctly?

Four days after exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19), a client has a negative COVID-19 test result.

Eight days after the negative test result, the client presents with fever, fatigue, and cough, and the nurse performs a second COVID-19 test.

Which action is most important for the nurse to take?

When the nurse attempts to teach self-administration of insulin injections to a client who is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM), the client tells the nurse in a loud voice to leave the room.
Which action should the nurse take?