Which of the following terms is used when an adult has a pulse rate of 110 to 140 beats per minute?

Which of the following terms is used when an adult has a pulse rate of 110 to 140 beats per minute?

Mr. Cook requires medication for nausea. Compazine 10mg po q 4hrs prn ordered. You have Compazine 5-mg tablets available. How many tablets will you administer per dose?

The nurse is caring for a patient who collapsed after working outside on a hot day. The patient is disoriented with hot, dry skin and a heart rate of 140 beats/minute. Which temperature will the nurse expect the patient to have?

The client has been hospitalized after a severe head injury. The nurse recognizes that the client's difficulty in maintaining a normal body temperature when there is no infection present can be the result of which of these?

A nurse is assessing the pulse of a client and has difficulty feeling the pulse. What would she do next?

When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort, nurses caring for this patient often harbor misconceptions about the patient's pain. Which of the following is true?

You have delegated vital signs to the assistive personnel. The assistant informs you that the patient has just finished a bowl of hot soup. The nurse's most appropriate advice would be to

A patient has a morphine sulfate patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) to control postoperative pain. When the nurse enters the room, the patient complains of pain. The nurse's first response is which of the following?

Lamont the procedure, but she also wants to explain some important concepts. What should she include? Select the 4 correct answers, (Case Study #1)

112.2 lb. = _____kg