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Which information should be given to a client who is using a TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) unit?
A client with a total knee replacement has a continuous passive motion (CPM) device applied during the post-operative period. Which statement made by the nurse indicates understanding of the CPM machine?
A nurse is observing a local softball game when one of the players is hit in the nose with a ball. The player's nose is visibly deformed and bleeding. The best way for the nurse to control the bleeding is to:
Which action by the healthcare worker indicates a need for further teaching regarding infection control and standard precautions?
The nurse calculates the IV flow rate for a patient receiving lactated Ringer's solution. The patient is to receive 2000 mL of Lactated Ringer's over 36 hours. The IV infusion set has a drop factor of 15 drops per milliliter. The nurse should set the IV to deliver how many drops per minute?
Nurse Melai is planning for a child to have a roommate during hospitalization. The nurse should realize that a child at this developmental level (school-age girl) will most likely:
The intensive care unit is full, and the emergency room just called in a report on a ventilator-dependent client who is being admitted to the medical-surgical unit. It would be essential that the nurse have which piece of equipment at the client's bedside?
Your patient has just received his sixth outpatient electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatment. He tells you that he plans to drive himself home because his wife is working at her part-time job today. What is your best response?
The nurse is caring for a patient with the following lab values: Creatinine 2.5 mg/dL, WBC 11,000 cells/mL, and Hemoglobin 12 g/dL. Based on this information, which of the following ordered tests/treatments would the nurse question?
Which of the following patients is at risk for depression?
In planning care for the patient with ulcerative colitis, the nurse identifies which nursing diagnosis as a priority?
The nurse is assessing a client who is 2 hours post-operative from a total knee replacement. Which finding requires notification of the physician?
What are low-risk complementary/alternative therapies in nursing practice?
The nurse overhears the patient care assistant (PCA) speaking harshly to a client with dementia. The charge nurse should:
A 45-year-old patient came into the ER complaining of shortness of breath along with a productive cough of green sputum that has continued for 3 months. He tells you that he smokes a pack of cigarettes a day, eats ice cream with every meal, and that his father and grandfather had COPD. Which factors put this patient at increased risk for developing COPD? (Select all that apply.)
The nurse is performing an initial assessment on a client who has just been told that a pregnancy test is positive. Which assessment finding indicates that the client is at risk for preterm labor?
The nurse teaches the staff that standard precautions should be used when providing care for which type of patient?
The nurse has given instructions on pursed-lip breathing to a client with COPD. Which statement by the client would indicate effective teaching?
Nurse Melai reviews the results of the CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) analysis of a client suspected of having meningitis. Which of the following results would confirm bacterial meningitis?
The nurse is providing dietary instructions for a client with iron-deficiency anemia. Which food is a poor source of iron?