What action should the school nurse take to provide secondary prevention for school-aged children?

The nurse uses the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI) and determines that the daughter is experiencing significant stress due to taking on her mother’s care.

The nurse plans to discuss ways to reduce caregiver stress with the daughter.

Select three statements that the nurse should include in the discussion.

The nurse instructs an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to turn an immobilized older client with an indwelling urinary catheter every two hours.
Which additional action should the nurse instruct the UAP to take each time the client is turned?

A 49-year-old male patient has been experiencing flu-like symptoms, including fever and chest congestion, for the past 4 days.

He visited the emergency department (ED) last night due to increased difficulty in breathing.

He has a history of smoking half a pack of cigarettes daily for 20 years, but no significant medical or surgical history.

If the healthcare provider orders the patient to be put on oxygen, which items should the nurse collect from the supply room? (Select all that apply)

A client with gout in the left great toe has received a prescription for prednisone 30 mg by mouth to be administered each day.
Which symptom is most important for the client to report to the healthcare provider?

A client with a history of dementia has become increasingly confused at night and is picking at an abdominal surgical dressing and the tape securing the intravenous (IV) line.

The abdominal dressing is no longer occlusive, and the IV insertion site is pink.

What intervention should the nurse implement?

The nurse instructs an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to turn an immobilized older client with an indwelling urinary catheter every two hours.
What additional action should the nurse instruct the UAP to perform each time the client is turned?

What intervention(s) should the nurse initiate if elder mistreatment is suspected? Select all that apply.

The patient provides three positive responses to items on the CAGE (Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener) query.
What interpretation should the nurse provide to the patient?

An adult patient visits the clinic expressing concern about a lump that appeared on their neck about a week ago.

Upon examination, the nurse finds a large, non-tender, hardened left subclavian lymph node without any overlying tissue inflammation.

What could these findings indicate?

A client with a history of adrenal insufficiency is admitted to the intensive care unit with an acute adrenal crisis. The client is complaining of nausea and joint pain.
Vital signs are: temperature 102° F (38.9° C), heart rate 138 beats/minute, blood pressure 80/60 mm Hg. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?