The nurse is caring for a patient with active hepatitis C and recalls that the disease is spread by which route?

For the patient with hypoglycemia who has experienced a suspected seizure, which intervention would the nurse implement immediately?

A nurse is evaluating a client who is at risk for deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). Which of the following symptoms is an indication of DVT?

A nurse admits a patient to the emergency department who reports nausea and vomiting that worsens when he lies down.

Antacids do not help.

The provider suspects acute pancreatitis.

Which of the following laboratory test results should the nurse expect to see?

A nurse is providing education to a patient who has a new diagnosis of Crohn’s disease.
Which of the following statements by the nurse provides the most simplistic and non-medical description of the disorder?

A nurse in a clinic is reviewing the laboratory values of a patient who has primary hypothyroidism. The nurse should anticipate an elevation in which of the following laboratory values?

After thyroid surgery, the nurse suspects damage to the parathyroid glands when the patient develops which of the following?

Which of the following assessments would be most useful in determining a patient’s genetic risk for breast cancer?

A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with systemic scleroderma five years ago. The nurse plans to assess the client to document the disease’s progression. In addition to skin changes, which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

Which of the following patients should the nurse consider as having a higher risk for malnutrition?

The nurse doesn’t hear any gurgling while listening to bowel sounds. What should be the nurse’s next course of action?