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

A patient is ordered 1 unit of packed red blood cells (250mL) to be transfused over 120 minutes. The drop factor on the tubing is 15 gtt/mL. At what rate should the nurse regulate the IV (gtt/min)? (round to the nearest whole number)

The nurse is preparing to administer a unit of packed red blood cells (PRBC's) to a patient whose blood type is A- (negative). The nurse knows that this patient can receive transfusions from which blood types?
(Select All that Apply)

How should the nurse evaluate the client's motor ability and function?

The nurse in the ICU is assessing a client who sustained blunt abdominal trauma. The client has received 3 liters of crystalloid solution in the Emergency Department and 5 units of Packed Red Blood Cells (PRBCs) in the Operating Room. What assessment finding would the nurse report to the physician IMMEDIATELY?

What is the goal of treatment for the client diagnosed with cardiogenic shock?

The nurse is caring for a client in the burn unit with burns to the head, neck, chest back left arm and hand following an explosion in their garage. Upon admission, the nurse auscultates wheezes throughout all lung fields and applies oxygen via non-rebreather. One hour later, upon reassessment, the patient is visibly anxious and short of breath, wheezes cannot be heard, lung sounds are decreased, voice is hoarse, and the client is coughing up gray sputum. What is the most appropriate nursing action?

The nurse caring for a client with severe sepsis suspects the client may be developing disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Which of the following signs and symptoms would support the diagnosis of DIC?

The nurse is caring for a client with trigeminal neuralgia. Which medical prescription would the nurse anticipate?

The nurse is caring for an elderly client with type II diabetes who has had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for several days and who now is disoriented and listless. Initial vital signs: B/P 72/62, pulse 146 irregular and thready, respirations 38 breaths per minute and shallow, and temperature of 97.0 F rectally. The skin is cool and clammy. The nurse recognizes that this client's symptoms are most indicative of which stage and type of shock? The:

A client who has sustained blunt abdominal trauma is admitted to the ICU. Upon assessment the nurse notices the following vital signs: T-99F; HR- 148: RR-38; B/P-60/40. The client is diaphoretic and restless. The following selections are approved by the ICU physician. What would be the PRIORITY nurse's action?