The nurse manager is involved in agency restructuring. During this reengineering process, it is most important for the nurse to address which employee concern?

An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is assigned to provide personal care for a client who is prescribed bedrest with bedside commode use. The UAP reports to the nurse that the client's obesity makes it difficult to safely assist the client in transferring from the bed to the bedside commode. How should the nurse respond?

After a partial gastrectomy, in addition to frequent position changes, which postoperative intervention is most beneficial for the nurse to perform to prevent respiratory complications?

A client with 50% full-thickness burns has received fluid resuscitation for the past 24 hours. Which assessment warrants immediate intervention by the nurse?

After receiving a change of shift report for clients on a medical-surgical unit, which activity should the nurse delegate to the practical nurse (PN)?

A client with a traumatic brain injury becomes progressively less responsive to stimuli. The client has a "Do Not Resuscitate" prescription, and the nurse observes that the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) has stopped turning the client from side to side as previously scheduled. Which action should the nurse take?

Patient Data

Review H and P and laboratory results.

Drag from the Word Choices to complete the sentence.

For the nutrition education portion of the visit, the nurse focuses on

The nurse is completing an admission assessment on an older adult client with dehydration, failure to thrive, and who is immobile. The nurse reports to the healthcare provider that the client's right calf is red and swollen. The nurse should suspect which probable cause of these findings?

A client with Addison's disease becomes weak, confused, and dehydrated following the onset of an acute viral infection. The client's laboratory values include a sodium of 129 mEq/L (129 mmol/L), a glucose of 54 mg/dL (2.97 mmol/L), and a potassium of 5.3 mEq/L (5.3 mmol/L). When reporting the findings to the healthcare provider, the nurse anticipates a prescription for which intravenous medication?
Reference Range:
Sodium [136 to 145 mEq/L (136 to 145 mmol/L)],
Glucose [74 to 106 mg/dL (4.1 to 5.9 mmol/L)],
Potassium [3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L (3.5 to 5.0 mmol/L)]

Patient Data

The nurse is planning care for the client

Complete the diagram by dragging from the choices area to specify which condition the client is most likely experiencing, two actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client's progress.

The hospice nurse is teaching the family of a client receiving palliative care at home how to provide care. Which instruction should the nurse provide?