A home health nurse is planning to use nonpharmacological pain relief measures for a client who has severe chronic back pain. Which of the following pain management guidelines should the nurse use?

A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a client.

For each client's finding, click to specify if the assessment finding is consistent with sickle cell disease, iron deficiency anemia, and/or pernicious anemia. Each finding may support more than 1 disease process.

A nurse in a provider's office is teaching a client about the self-management of GERD. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is admitting a client who has tuberculosis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

The nurse has reviewed the nurses' notes at 0940, vital signs at 0945, and laboratory reports at 1020.

For each assessment finding, click to specify if the finding is consistent with diabetes, pancreatitis, or hyperthyroidism. Each finding may support more than one disease process or none at all. There must be at least 1 selection in every column. There does not need to be a selection in every row.

A nurse is caring for four clients. Which of the following clients is at risk for developing metabolic alkalosis?

A nurse is assessing the abdominal wound of a client who is 3 days postoperative following a colon resection. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?

A nurse is planning care for a client who is receiving internal brachytherapy. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is admitting a client who reports tightness in their chest that radiates to left arm.

Click to highlight the findings below that would indicate that the client has a potential problem. To deselect a finding, click on the finding again.

Nurses' Notes: 1000:

Client reports tightness in chest that radiates to left arm. States pain as 7 on a scale of 0 to 10. Started to feel nauseous after breakfast. Client states, "I had scrambled eggs and bacon like I do every morning." Client is diaphoretic and short of breath. Heart rate is irregular and tachycardic. Alert and oriented to person, place, and time. Lungs clear to auscultation in all lobes. Bowel sounds are present in all 4 quadrants. +1 pedal pulses. Skin is cool to touch. Capillary refill less than 2 seconds.

A nurse is admitting a client to the emergency department after a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to help prevent the onset of acute kidney failure?

A nurse is teaching a client who is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus about insulin therapy. Which of the following insulin combinations should the nurse instruct the client to mix?