A case manager is meeting with a client who asks about using alternative therapies to manage her rheumatoid arthritis.

A nurse is providing nutrition teaching for a client who has hypertension.

Which of the following foods should the nurse suggest the client include in their diet?

A quality control nurse is reviewing medication prescriptions for a group of clients.

Which of the following medication prescriptions should the nurse identify as being complete?

A charge nurse is observing a conflict between two nurses who both insist that the charge nurse favors the other when making assignments.

Which of the following conflict-resolution strategies should the charge nurse use?

A nurse is assessing a client who is taking haloperidol and is experiencing pseudoparkinsonism.

Which of the following findings should the nurse document as a manifestation of pseudoparkinsonism?

A staff nurse is observing a newly licensed nurse suction a client’s tracheostomy.

Which of the following actions by the newly licensed nurse requires intervention by the staff nurse?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN).

The bag has 20 mL remaining to infuse, but a new bag is not readily available.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is providing information for a client who has a new prescription for simvastatin. For which of the following should the nurse instruct the client to monitor and report to the provider?

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client. Nurses' Notes.

1200:.

Client is an 82-year-old male who presents with his adult child for evaluation of right arm pain after a fall. Client noted to have several superficial abrasions on right forearm and elbow. Also has numerous bruises in various stages of healing on arms and upper chest. Client rates pain in right lower forearm an 8 on a 0 to 10 pain scale and is not moving the arm.

1210:.

Client noted to keep head down and makes limited eye contact. Speaks very softly and looks at adult child before answering interview questions. Has strong body odor and clothes are unclean. Client's adult child answers most questions. Client grimacing and guarding right arm.

Client weighed, is 56.2 kg (124 lb) and 175 cm (69 in) tall. BMI 18.3.

1230:.

Client's adult child left facility to go home and get the client’s prescribed medications. Client visibly more relaxed and now speaking more openly to staff with improved eye contact. Client reports that he has lived with his adult child for the past several.

Vital Signs. 1200:.

Temperature 36.7° C (98° F). Heart rate 96/min.

Blood pressure 142/96 mm Hg. Respiratory rate 16/min.

SpO2 97% on room air.

The nurse is preparing to speak to the facility's Social Worker about the client's condition.

Select the 5 findings the nurse should plan to include in the report.

A charge nurse is concerned about a recent increase in facility-acquired catheter infections.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is caring for a school-age child who is 2 hr postoperative following a cardiac catheterization.

The nurse observes blood on the child’s dressing.