The practical nurse (PN) enters the room of a client who underwent a mastectomy eight hours ago. The PN observes the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) preparing to measure the client's blood pressure using an automated blood pressure device on the client's operative side. Which action should the PN implement?

At 1200, the practical nurse (PN) learns that a client's 0900 dose of an anticonvulsant was not given. The next scheduled dose is at 2100. Which action should the PN take?

At the outpatient clinic, the practical nurse (PN) talks to a male client whose spouse is being treated for cancer with chemotherapy. The client tells the PN the reason he does not want a seasonal influenza vaccination is because the vaccination will increase the risk to his spouse. How should the PN respond?

Which foot care instruction is most important for the practical nurse (PN) to reinforce that minimizes a long-term complication for a client who is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)?

In providing care for a client with a nasogastric tube (NGT) connected to intermittent suction, which task can be assigned to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

The practical nurse (PN) re-educates the client on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

Click to indicate whether the client's statement(s) indicate understanding or no understanding. Each row must have one option selected.

A young adult client, a parent with two small children, looks despondent and depressed after learning from the healthcare provider that the client has multiple sclerosis. Which nursing intervention should the practical nurse (PN) implement immediately after this client has been told of the diagnosis?

An older adult client who had a colon resection 8 days ago is straining at stool. The practical nurse (PN) observes sudden spillage of serosanguinous drainage from the client's wound followed by appearance of bowel on the skin. Which complication has occurred?

The healthcare provider gives a pregnant woman a prescription for one prenatal vitamin with iron daily, and tells her that she needs to increase iron-rich foods in her diet because her hemoglobin is 8.2 g/dL (82 g/L). When a list of iron-rich foods is given to the client, she tells the practical nurse (PN) that she is vegetarian and does not eat anything that "bleeds." Which instruction should the PN provide? Select all that apply.

A 2-month-old client is brought to the well-baby clinic. The parent is completing the consent forms for routine infant immunizations. Which immunization should the practical nurse (PN) prepare to administer?

During a nonstress test of a 38-week client, the practical nurse (PN) observes the fetal heart rate increases 15 beats above baseline lasting 10 seconds twice during a 20-minute tracing. Which finding should the PN document in the electronic medical record?