The nursing assistant is delivering patient meals.

What meal should the nurse expect to be delivered to a patient who had gastric bypass surgery the day before?

A client has suffered a partial thickness second-degree burn injury of the chest, abdomen, and upper legs and is scheduled for hydrotherapy and debridement.

Which of these actions should the nurse take to effectively assist the patient?

A nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with Hodgkin disease who has significant cervical lymph node enlargement.

Which symptom should the nurse address first?

A nurse is advising a client who is taking furosemide and has a serum potassium level of 3.1 mEq/L. Which food should the nurse recommend the client to incorporate into their daily diet?

Which laboratory finding is commonly associated with acute pancreatitis?

A patient arrives at the emergency department with a stab wound to the chest.

The healthcare provider places two chest tubes to drain air and blood from the patient’s thoracic cavity.

Where should the nurse place the system?

A nurse is assisting a postoperative client.

The client is alert and oriented to person, place, and time, and reports incisional pain of 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. Morphine 8 mg was administered subcutaneously as prescribed at 0900.

The client is now sleeping and is difficult to arouse.

Pupils are 3 mm, equal and reactive to light.

Temperature is 37.5 C (99.5°), respirations are 10/min, and pulse oximetry is 87% on room air.

Which documentation in the client’s medical record requires further action by the nurse?

Given the following vital signs, which should the nurse address first in the patient?

A nurse is caring for a client who is to maintain a fluid restriction of 1,200 mL/24 hr. How many mL of fluids can the client have over the next 20 hr if the client had a total fluid intake of 300 mL during the first 4 hr of the shift?

The nurse is performing pin care for a patient with an external fixation device for a fractured tibia.

Which assessment finding by the nurse should be reported to the unit care coordinator?

A nurse is admitting a client. Review the exhibits to answer the question.

For each potential provider's prescription, click to specify if the prescription is anticipated or contraindicated.