A nurse is caring for a client who has pancreatitis and has been receiving total parenteral nutrition.

Which of the following laboratory tests should the nurse monitor for overall nutritional status?

A nurse is assessing a client who has pericarditis.

In which of the following areas of the client's chest should the nurse place the stethoscope to best hear a pericardial friction rub? (You will find hot spots to select in the artwork below.

Select only the hot spot that corresponds to your answer.).

A nurse is planning to teach a client whose provider has prescribed a low-purine diet.

The nurse should plan to instruct the client that he can include which of the following foods in his diet? (Select all that apply.).

A nurse is completing an assessment of an older adult client and notes reddened areas over the bony prominences, but the client's skin is intact.

Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is administering potassium chloride via IV infusion to a client who has severe hypokalemia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is assessing a client admitted with peripheral vascular disease.

Which of the following findings indicates a venous vascular disorder?

A nurse is administering furosemide 80 mg PO twice daily to a client who has pulmonary edema.

Which of the following assessment findings indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?

Exhibit 1 Exhibit 2 Graphic Record Blood pressure 176/122 mm Hg Heart rate 136/min Respiratory rate 32/min Exhibit 3 O2 saturation 88%.

A nurse in the emergency department is caring for a client who was involved in an explosion.

Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take first? (Click on the "Exhibit" button for additional information about the client.

A nurse is planning care for a client who has a central venous access device for intermittent infusions.

Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?

A nurse is assessing a client who has heart failure.

Which of the following client statements should indicate to the nurse that the client needs a referral for cardiac rehabilitation?

A nurse finds a client in bed, unresponsive and breathing.

Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?