A clinic nurse is planning to teach a group of clients about laryngeal cancer.

The nurse should include which of the following risk factors associated with the development of laryngeal cancer? Select all that apply.

A clinic nurse is planning to teach a group of clients about laryngeal cancer.

The nurse should include which of the following risk factors associated with the development of laryngeal cancer? Select all that apply.

The nurse is assigned to a quality improvement committee to decide on a quality improvement project for the unit. Which issues should the nurse discuss at the committee meeting?

During a central IV line insertion at the bedside, a client reports shortness of breath and becomes tachypneic. Which finding should a nurse suspect indicates the client developed a pneumothorax?

A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with pneumonia who has labored breathing and copious tracheobronchial secretions.

What priority action should the nurse encourage with the client?

A nurse is planning care for a client who has acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A new graduate nurse attends a seminar on Communication in Healthcare.

Which of the following are considered barriers to appropriate communication with clients? Select all that apply.

A nurse is caring for a client who has a living will which states Do Not Resuscitate (DNR), but whose children have decided that their parent should be a full code.

The client has coded twice.

The other nurses do not seem to have any issues with the situation, but the nurse feels distressed. What best describes this source of conflict?

A nurse is caring for a patient who is tearful while refusing care and medications. Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

A patient with lung cancer confides in the nurse, expressing fear about the disease and guilt for smoking in the past. Which response from the nurse would be most appropriate?

A nurse is developing a plan of care for a patient on a ventilator, to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. The nurse recognizes that which of the following interventions should be included? Select all that apply.