The nurse is caring for a client with the sexually transmitted infection (STI) syphilis. The client reports having had prior sexually transmitted infections. Which response should the nurse provide?

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 the parents of a 6-year-old boy with a brain tumor are told that his condition is terminal, the mother shouts at the father, "This is your fault! It never would have happened if we had sought treatment sooner!" Which intervention is best for the nurse to implement?

The healthcare provider prescribes 5% Dextrose Injection, USP with 20 units of regular insulin for a client with a serum potassium level of 6.0 mEq/L (6.0 mmol/L) and glucose level of 180 mg/dL (10.0 mmol/L). Which evaluation is most important for the nurse to include in this client's plan of care?

Reference Range

• Potassium [Reference Range: 3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L (3.5 to 5.0 mmol/L)]
• Glucose [Reference Range: 0 to 50 years: 74 to 106 mg/dL (4.1 to 5.9 mmol/L)]

The client is in the hospital after her house collapsed during a hurricane. She has been in the intensive care unit for 2 weeks and moved today to the surgical floor to continue monitoring her respiratory function and to complete intravenous antibiotic administration.

For each client statement, click to highlight the statement(s) below that require follow up teaching by the nurse.

•  I am at high risk for post-traumatic-stress disorder because I have acute stress disorder
•  I can use holistic approaches like meditation to help my symptoms.
•  I can learn to manage my thoughts better through therapy.
• Many people have the same response to a stressful situation as I am having.
•  This diagnosis means that I am crazy.
•  I will probably need to be on medication for the rest of my life.

A client with leukemia who is receiving myelosuppressive chemotherapy has a platelet count of 25,000/mm3 (25 x 109/L). Which intervention is most important for the nurse to include in this client's plan of care?

Reference Range:

Platelet Count [150,000 to 400,000/mm3 (156 400 x 109/L)]

The nurse is performing tracheostomy care for a client when a code blue is called for another client on the unit who experiences a cardiopulmonary arrest. Which action should the nurse take?

Following a cardiac catheterization and placement of a stent in the right coronary artery, the nurse administers prasugrel, a platelet inhibitor, to the client. To monitor for adverse effects from the medication, which assessment is most important for the nurse to include in this client's plan of care?

Following morning care, a client with a C-5 spinal cord injury who is sitting in a wheelchair becomes flushed and complains of a headache. Which intervention should the nurse implementfirst?

The nurse is caring for a client with pulmonary edema who is short of breath and coughing pink tinged sputum. Which position should the nurse place the client to ease respiratory distress?

The nurse enters a client's room to administer oral medications and finds an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) providing personal care to the client, whose condition has obviously deteriorated. The client is lying in a supine position and is weak, pale, and diaphoretic. Which is the priority nursing action?