A nurse is caring for a 40-year-old female client in an outpatient clinic.

Which of the following primary skin lesions contain fluid?

The healthcare provider prescribes methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg IM every 12 hours for inflammation for a child who weighs 58 pounds.

The vial is labeled, "40 mg/mL.”. How many mL should the practical nurse (PN) administer with each dose? (Enter the numerical value only. If rounding is required round to the nearest tenth.)

When conducting a physical examination, the nurse uses a tuning fork to assess for which condition?

An adult male client tells the nurse that he smokes approximately one pack of cigarettes daily.
How can the nurse expect smoking to affect this client's sleep?

While assessing a client who is obese, the nurse is unable to locate the gallbladder when palpating below the liver margin at the lateral border of the rectus abdominal muscle.
Which is the most likely explanation for failure to locate the gallbladder by palpation?

During the admission assessment of an older adult female, the nurse notes the presence of kyphosis. The client tells the nurse that she has a history of osteoporosis.
To obtain additional information related to this finding, the nurse should ask the client about which additional information in her history?

The school nurse is teaching a group of female students about the female reproductive system. A student asks how she will know she is starting puberty.
Which information should the nurse discuss?

A 20-year-old nulliparous female college student sees the nurse because she has missed her last two menstrual periods.

She reports she has not had sexual intercourse in one month.

The nurse requests a pregnancy test, which is negative.

Based on this client's history, which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain?

After checking a client's pupillary response to light, the practical nurse (PN) tells the registered nurse (RN) that the client’s pupils are constricted with minimal response to light.
Before verifying the PN’s findings, which action should the RN take?

The nurse observes that the lower legs of a client with diabetes mellitus are shiny and with no hair growth.
To obtain additional data to support these findings, which assessment should the nurse perform?

A nurse is caring for a 65-year-old female client in the emergency department.

Select the landmarks that are used to find the PMI to auscultate the apical pulse.