A client with new onset right-sided weakness is admitted to the emergency department and the following orders are received. Which order should the nurse implement first?

The nurse is caring for a client with advanced coronary artery disease who has developed cardiac arrest. During the resuscitation, the health care provider prescribes atropine. Which is the intended outcome of this medication?

The nurse is teaching a group of staff nurses about brain (B-type) natriuretic peptide (BNP). Which statement by the group would indicate that they understand the instruction?

The nurse is assessing a client with Paget's disease. Which finding would the nurse identify as being characteristic of this disease?

The nurse is caring for a client who reports persistent, crushing chest pain. What additional signs or symptoms would make a nurse suspect that the client is experiencing a myocardial infarction?

The nurse is caring for a client who sustained a crushed injury to the lower extremity and has developed compartment syndrome. What intervention should the nurse plan for next?

The nurse has received a change-of-shift report on the following clients. Which client should the nurse see first?

A nurse is providing discharge education to a client who is going home with a cast on his leg. What education should the nurse emphasize in the teaching session?

The health care provider prescribes IV mannitol for a client with an intracranial pressure (ICP) of 22. How will the nurse determine that the medication had the intended effect?

The nurse is assessing a client and find their right leg is shortened, adducted and externally rotated. These assessment findings would indicate which type of injury?

A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who was in a vehicle collision and has suffered a major head injury. The client's parents are considering organ donation and ask the nurse how the health care providers determine brain death. Which response by the nurse accurately describes brain death determination?