The nurse is caring for a client who had a bowel resection for colon cancer. The vital signs were stable during surgery. While in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) the client is sleepy but awakens easily. The pulse ox is 88%. What would be the priority action by the nurse?

A client is to receive 500 mL of IV fluid over 8 hours. At what rate should the nurse set the IV pump?

The nurse knows the rationale for combination chemotherapy is to:

The nurse is caring for a client post-operatively following an open (incisional) cholecystectomy. Which would be the priority nursing intervention for this client?

The nurse determines through neurologic testing that a patient has sensory and motor impairment of bilateral lower extremities. The most important reason to assess for this in the client is to:

The nurse is assessing a client who had a surgical excision of a basal cell carcinoma one week ago. Assessment findings include redness, warmth, and serosanguinous drainage from the site. What would be the priority action by the nurse?

The nurse is aware that radiation therapy is most effective for which type of client? A client who has cancer which is:

In assessing a client with esophageal cancer being treated with radiation therapy, which finding(s) would alert the nurse to a possible side effect of this treatment?

While performing a neurologic assessment of the older adult patient, the nurse needs to consider which age-related changes?

The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a client newly diagnosed with lung cancer. The nurse understands the client requires additional discharge teaching when the client states:

The nurse is performing an assessment on a patient. How would the nurse best evaluate improvement or deterioration in the neurologic status?