A client with peptic ulcer disease is scheduled to receive doses of pantoprazole IV and sucralfate PO before breakfast at 0730. The client reports experiencing heartburn when the nurse brings the scheduled medications. Which action should the nurse take?

A client with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is receiving calcium acetate 667 mg PO. A decrease in which blood value indicates to the nurse that the medication is having the desired effect?

Review H and P, nurse's notes, flow sheet, and prescriptions.

Mark whether the assessment finding represents a therapeutic result of the lactulose administered, a non-therapeutic side-effect, or an unrelated finding. Each row must have only one option selected.

It is 1800, and the client has a scheduled dose of insulin glargine due. The client has a regular diet tray ordered with 60 carbohydrates. The tray has not yet arrived in the room.

For each nursing action below, click to specify if the action is indicated, contraindicated or nonessential. Each row must have one option selected.

Which instruction should the nurse include when teaching a client about self-administration of a bulk-forming laxative?

The nurse prepares to administer a scheduled dose of labetalol PO to a client with hypertension. The client's vital signs are a temperature of 99° F (37.2° C), a heart rate of 48 beats/minute, respirations of 16 breaths/minute, and a blood pressure of 150/90 mm Hg. Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse is caring for a client with atrial fibrillation who receives a prescription for warfarin. The international normalized ratio (INR) is 2.8. Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse is assessing the client to update the plan of care.

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement by selecting from the lists of options provided.

The nurse determines that the client's is experiencing

A client is receiving miotics for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. The nurse determines that a priority nursing problem is "risk for injury." This nursing problem is based on which etiology?

The nurse is administering SUBQ enoxaparin to a client following knee replacement surgery to prevent a deep vein thrombosis. Which laboratory result requires immediate action by the nurse?

Reference Range:

Hematocrit [42% to 52% (0.42 to 0.52 volume fraction)] 

Platelets [150,000 to 400,000/mm3 (150 to 400 x 10^9/L)] 

Creatinine [0.5 to 1.1 mg/dL (44 to 97 μmol/L)] 

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) [10 to 20 mg/dL (3.6 to 7.1 mmol/L)]

During a home visit, the nurse assesses a client with Alzheimer's disease who recently started a new prescription for rivastigmine. The caregiver reports that the client seems to be thinking more clearly but is not sleeping well at night. Which action should the nurse take?