A nurse is caring for a client who has hypotension, cool and clammy skin, tachycardia, and tachypnea.

In which of the following positions should the nurse place the client?

A nurse is assessing a client following the insertion of a central venous catheter.

Which of the following findings indicates a pneumothorax?

A nurse is completing discharge teaching with a client who has a new diagnosis of AIDS.

Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client who has just returned from surgery with an external fixator to the left tibia.

Which of the following assessment findings requires immediate intervention by the nurse?

A nurse in the PACU is caring for a client.

Which of the following assessments is the nurse's priority?

A nurse is teaching a client who has endometriosis about the adverse effects of leuprolide.

Which of the following manifestations should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client who has cancer. The client tells the nurse, "I would prefer to try vitamins and minerals instead of chemotherapy." Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who had a total hip arthroplasty.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent hip dislocation?

A nurse is providing discharge teaching about blood glucose monitoring for a client who has a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The nurse should instruct the client to obtain which of the following supplies?

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who is scheduled for a CT scan with contrast media.

Which of the following medications should the nurse instruct the client to withhold for 48 hr following the procedure?

A nurse is preparing to perform ocular irrigation for a client following a chemical splash to the eye.

Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first?