Which medical condition places a patient at a higher risk for an embolic stroke?

A nurse is developing a teaching plan for a client who has psoriasis. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan?

A nurse is preparing to administer an osmotic diuretic IV to a client with increased intracranial pressure. Which of the following should the nurse identify as the purpose of the medication?

When explaining normal intracranial pressure (ICP) balance to the patient's family, which three components would the nurse include?

A nurse is teaching a client who has diabetes mellitus about diabetic retinopathy. Which of the following statements should the nurse make to the client?

For the patient who wears contact lenses, which intervention would the nurse teach the patient when diagnoses with bacterial conjunctivitis?

A nurse is assessing a client who has meningitis and notes when passively flexing the client's neck there is an involuntary flexion of both legs. Which of the following conditions is the client displaying?

A nurse in the emergency room is assessing a client who was brought in following a seizure. The nurse suspects the client may have meningococcal meningitis when assessment findings include nuchal rigidity and a petechial rash. After implementing droplet precautions, which of the following actions should the nurse initiate next?

When the patient's initial vital signs after a brain injury were a BP of 132/72 mm Hg, pulse 100 beats/min, respirations 24 breaths/min, which subsequent vital signs would the nurse report immediately to the health care provider?

A nurse suspects that a client admitted for treatment of bacterial meningitis is experiencing increased intracranial pressure (ICP). Which of the following assessment findings by the nurse supports this suspicion?

A nurse is caring for a client who has had a stroke involving the right hemisphere. Which of the following alterations in function should the nurse expect?