Your patient has a CMP drawn to determine their electrolytes. Only part of the values have resulted including the Na+ which is 121 mEq/l. What type of electrolyte imbalance is the patient having?

The nurse provides care for the client with an asthma crisis experiencing hypoxia. Which lung sound would the nurse expect to auscultate on the physical assessment?

A patient on the cardiac floor has just had a PlCC line placed by the MD. the Xray team has not verified the position of the catheter tip, yet. You check the heart monitor and notice she begins having an irregular heart rhythm called Atrial Fibrillation. You anticipate that the PlCC line is touching which chamber of the heart?

You are setting up a room for your patient that has a new tracheostomy. Select all of the equipment you need bring with to ensure patient is safe should the tracheostomy become dislodged:

A patient who is ordered a fluid restriction of 1000ml fluid restriction. He is on the list for a kidney transplant due to kidney failure. His mouth feels dry during the day. and he wants to know how he can moisten his mouth without going over his restriction:

The Practical Nurse (PN) assessing a client for the nursing diagnosis of Impaired Verbal Communication is aware that the least number of defining characteristics for this diagnosis is:

A patient newly diagnosed with heart failure understands that heart failure means there is a lack of sufficient blood supply to the patient's tissue throughout the body tells you that the is responsible for pumping blood from the hear t to the lest of the body.

The nurse is caring for a client with a chest tube. Which is the following statements is appropriate regarding a chest tube?

Coughing and Deep breathing is taught to a patient to prevent recurrent pneumonia. She is educated to breathe in deeply first to over expand lung volume: this is called what?

The nurse observes that the client’s pulse oximetry is 89%. What is the priority nursing action?

The nurse is obtaining a pulse oximetry reading for a client admited with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). When observing a reading of 91%. what action should the nurse perform?