A female client with aphasia is trying to verbalize feelings to the nurse and states, "I want...," but does not finish the statement. How should the nurse respond to this unfinished statement?

A female client is admitted with abdominal pain, possibly due to a gastric ulcer. Two days after admission, the client reports feeling nervous and tremulous. Further assessment reveals that the client's family is bringing a gin and tonic each night to help her relax. Which action(s) should the nurse take? Select all that apply.

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

The nurse monitors the client's

The nurse is preparing the client's plan of care. A major component of the clients at home care is pain management.
Select the 3 most important interventions the nurse can educate the client with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) about to help with pain management.

A 18-year-old male client is admitted to the hospital with a possible drug overdose. His mother requests to know the results of the toxicology screen test. Which response is best for the nurse to provide?

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

The diabetic nurse educator instructs the client to perform fingerstick blood glucose (FSBG) monitoring

The nurse notes that a client with depression has been more withdrawn and noncommunicative during the past two weeks. Which intervention is most important to include in the updated plan of care for this client?

The postpartum nurse reviews the nurses' notes to determine if the outcomes were successful.

Click to highlight the notes that demonstrate a positive outcome.

The client is admitted to the hospital after her membranes rupture at 38 weeks gestation. A vaginal examination is done. The nurse determines that the client is 3 cm dilated, 40% effaced, and the fetal head is at -1 station. The external monitor shows that contractions are occurring every 4 minutes and lasting 70 seconds, and the nurse palpates the quality as strong. Her fasting blood glucose (FSBG) is 86 (4.8 mmol/L). The client is transferred to the labor-delivery-recovery (LDR) suite. The client dilates quickly to 10 cm and feels a strong urge to push. The fetal heart rate is reassuring with a baseline of 145 and moderate variability The nurse briefly reviews pushing techniques with her and her husband and notifies the obstetrician of the client's progress. After three cycles of open-glottis pushing, the baby's head is crowning. The head is born easily over an intact perineum. The infant weighs 9 lbs. 9 oz (4.34 kgs) and has an Apgar of 7 at 1 minute, then 9 at 5 minutes.

The nurse is preparing to obtain a rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) test for a client who was exposed to the virus eight days ago. The client is experiencing fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Which action is most important for the nurse to take?

Which information from the history and physical, nurses' note, and flow sheet requires further evaluation? Select all that apply.

A client reports passing 2 to 3 small, hard stools per week since being placed on a low-residue diet three months ago. Which type of laxative should the nurse expect the healthcare provider to recommend first?