A client has an order to take 15 milligrams of liquid prednisone daily for 5 days. The pharmacy has 5mg/5mL concentration available. How many tablespoons will the nurse administer with each dose?

A client has been prescribed a clear liquid diet. What food or fluid will not be served?

The nurse caring for clients postoperatively uses careful hand hygiene and sterile techniques when providing care to clients. Which of Maslow's basic human needs is being met by this nurse?

When caring for your patient, she states, "If I wait too long and let my bladder get too full, I can not hold in my urine. I have to wear a pad so I don't wet my pants." What is this type of incontinence called?

The nurse is assessing a client's stoma after a newly placed ostomy. The nurse understands that which of the following are expected findings of a healthy appearing stoma?

During a health history interview, a male patient tells the nurse that he does not feel that he completely empties his bladder when he voids. He has been recently diagnosed with an enlarged prostate. What symptom is this patient experiencing?

The client is complaining of soreness around the stoma site. The nurse notes proper drainage in the bag, however, the surrounding skin is red, irritated, and moist. How will the nurse interpret this assessment?

A patient with a respiratory disease of COPD is refusing to eat. Which action by the nurse would be most helpful in stimulating appetite in this patient?

A client is ordered to increase his warfarin to 5mg PO daily. The client has 2mg tablets on hand. How many tablets will the client take daily?

An older woman who is a resident of a long-term care facility has to get up and void several times during the night. Which of the following is an expected age-related change that can contribute to this occurrence?

A nurse is gathering assessment data on a new patient at the clinic for a yearly physical assessment. The patient is a 55-year-old Hispanic obese male. Patient states his father died at age 52 of a heart attack. During the interview, the patient states they have a desk job and sits all day, eats mostly fast- food, and traditional foods high in fat, and smokes 1 pack of cigarettes per day. The patient states in the evening he mostly enjoys sitting on the couch watching television. The nurse plans to provide education to the patient on modifiable risk factors to prevent coronary artery disease. Which of the following are a modifiable risk factors?