A charge nurse receives a call from the house supervisor requesting room assignments for four new clients.

Based on the admission diagnoses, which of the following clients requires a private room?

A nurse is caring for a client who has pancreatitis and has been receiving total parenteral nutrition.

Which of the following laboratory tests should the nurse monitor for overall nutritional status?

A nurse is assessing a client who is preoperative and reports an allergy to bananas.

The nurse should recognize that the client is at risk for an allergic cross-reactivity to which of the following substances?

A nurse is caring for a female client who has toxic shock syndrome.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a client who has total vision loss and is the handler of a service dog.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take to show consideration for the client and the service animal?

A nurse is preparing to administer piperacillin 3.375 g by intermittent IV bolus every 6 hr.

Available in piperacillin 3.375 g in dextrose 5% in water (DsW) 100 mL to infuse over 30 min.

The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr?

A nurse is reviewing a cardiac rhythm strip of a client who has atrial flutter.

Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

A nurse is teaching a client about the use of an incentive spirometer.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse on an oncology unit is caring for a client who is receiving internal radiation therapy.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is caring for a client who had a total hip arthroplasty.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent hip dislocation?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a traumatic brain injury. The client, who has been quiet and cooperative, becomes agitated and restless.

Which of the following assessments should the nurse perform first?