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A student nurse is observing a registered nurse perform a neurological assessment. When the nurse asks the client to "stick out his tongue," the nurse is assessing the function of which cranial nerve?
A toddler is brought to the emergency department with sudden onset of abdominal pain, vomiting, and stools that look like red currant jelly. To confirm intussusception, the suspected cause of these findings, the nurse would expect the physician to order which diagnostic study?
A client is admitted with sickle cell crisis and splenic sequestration. Upon assessing the client, the nurse would expect to find signs of hypovolemia, including which finding?
A nurse is interviewing a preoperative patient who seems anxious and flustered. Which nursing response is inappropriate?
A client has a tentative diagnosis of HELLP syndrome. Which laboratory finding is associated with HELLP syndrome?
When assessing a breastfeeding mother and infant, which finding would be inappropriate, that is, NOT a normal or reassuring sign to look for during the feeding?
Which of the following are appropriate nursing interventions for a postoperative patient who underwent a mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection? (Select all that apply)
When the nurse and client construct a no-suicide contract, the preferable wording would be:
What is HIPAA, and what does it require of healthcare providers and institutions?
The nurse is caring for a client in labor and is monitoring the fetal heart rate patterns. The nurse notes the presence of episodic accelerations on the electronic fetal monitor tracing. Which action is most appropriate?
The nurse is performing an assessment on a pregnant client with a diagnosis of severe preeclampsia. The nurse reviews the assessment findings and determines that which finding is most closely associated with a complication of this diagnosis?
Which nursing diagnosis for a psychiatric client is properly worded (i.e., includes a problem, related factor, and defining characteristics/evidence)?
Your patient is preoccupied with perfection and control, has difficulty relaxing, exhibits rule-conscious behavior, and cannot discard anything. What type of personality disorder does this behavior reflect?
A woman who is at 36 weeks of gestation is having a nonstress test. Which statement indicates her correct understanding of the test?
After completing a second vaginal examination of a client in labor, the nurse-midwife determines that the fetus is in the right occiput anterior position and at (-1) station. Based on these findings, the nurse-midwife knows that the fetal presenting part is:
Following a precipitous delivery, examination of the client's vagina reveals a fourth-degree laceration. Which of the following would be contraindicated when caring for this client?
The nurse is performing discharge teaching on a client with ulcerative colitis who has been placed on a low-residue diet. Which food would need to be eliminated from this client's diet?
Immediately after delivery, the nurse-midwife assesses the neonate's head for signs of molding. Which factor determines the type of molding that occurs?
The nurse is providing postpartum instructions to a client who will be breast-feeding her newborn. The nurse determines that the client has understood the instructions if she makes which statement?
The nurse is assessing a trauma client in the emergency room and notes a penetrating abdominal wound with exposed viscera. The nurse should: