A client with cancer pain is taking morphine for pain relief. Knowing constipation is a common side effect, what would the nurse recommend to the client?

Which patient situation will be classified in the emergent triage category?

The nurse in the ED is reviewing the EKG strip of a client who has prolonged vomiting. Which of the following abnormalities on the client's EKG should the nurse interpret as a sign of hypokalemia?

A patient on mechanical ventilation is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Which statement is true?

A 17-year-old unconscious client has been admitted to the critical care unit in critical condition after a motor vehicle crash with proxy for health care decision-making assigned to the client's parents, who are divorced. When the client's hemoglobin drops to a critical level, the medical team approaches the parents regarding permission to initiate a blood transfusion, the client's mother, a practicing Jehovah's Witness, states that her child is also against such a medical intervention. The client's father does not share his ex-wife's belief that their child would refuse the lifesaving treatment and asks that the transfusion be given. What actions can be taken by the critical care nurse to assist in addressing this ethical dilemma that clearly involves the principles autonomy and beneficence? Select all that apply.

NOTE: Select 2 responses for this question

A home care nurse visits a client who is confined to bed and is cared for by an adult child with substance use disorder. The home is cluttered and unclean, and the nurse notes that the client is wet with urine and shows signs of dehydration. After caring for the client, the nurse contacts the health care provider and reports the incident to Adult Protective Services. What ethical principle is the nurse practicing?

Furosemide (Lasix) 70 mg IV daily. You retrieved Furosemide 10 mg/ml from the pyxis. How much ml will you administer to the client?

NOTE

• DO NOT write the unit/s of measurement
• YOUR ANSWER SHOULD BE IN WHOLE NUMBER

You are explaining the ethical principles of nursing practice and the importance of upholding these principles to a group of junior nursing students. Which statement regarding the Code of Ethics for Nurses is most accurate?

The nurse in the ICU is caring for a client who was found unresponsive on a sidewalk. The client's blood alcohol level was three times the normal range. Which medications are commonly used for alcohol withdrawal symptoms?

A tracheostomy patient is experiencing regurgitation of tube feeding formula. What should be the nurse's first priority?

A 45-year-old recovering heroin abuser is status post lumbar fusion and is admitted to the intensive care unit for pain management isses related to a diagnosis of degenerative disk disease and associated peripheral neuropathy. The client who is currently prescribed oxycodone/paracetamol 5 mg/325 mg two tablets every 4 hours around the clock, gabapentin 300 mg four times per day methadone 10 mg twice daily. The client is awake alert, and oriented X4 with stable vitals is able to move lower extremities bilaterally, but reports decreased sensations in feet bilaterally and reporting incisional pain as a 10 of 10 on the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

Select the medication that can be appropriately prescribed and administered to help address the client's addiction maintenance, and postoperative pain.