A nurse is caring for a patient diagnosed with Hodgkin disease who has significant cervical lymph node enlargement.

Which symptom should the nurse address first?

A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who has pulmonary edema and is about to start taking furosemide.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is assessing a client with a major burn injury.

Which of the following findings should the nurse prioritize?

The nurse is instructing a patient on how to administer 0.5 mg of epinephrine intramuscularly.

If the available dose is 0.5 mg/0.5 mL, how many mL should the patient be taught to administer?

The nurse is instructing the client on the correct way to take nitroglycerin as needed for chest pain.

Which is the correct instruction?

A nurse is caring for a client with partial-thickness and full-thickness burns on the head, neck, and chest.

What is the primary risk to the client?

The nurse is caring for an 85-year-old patient with septic shock.

What should the nurse consider when repositioning this patient?

A nurse is assisting with the care of a client in the emergency department. Review the exhibits to answer the question.

Complete the diagram by dragging from the choices below to specify what condition the client is most likely experiencing, 2 actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and 2 parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client's progress.

A nurse is caring for a client who is to maintain a fluid restriction of 1,200 mL/24 hr. How many mL of fluids can the client have over the next 20 hr if the client had a total fluid intake of 300 mL during the first 4 hr of the shift?

Which of the following conditions could potentially lead to a gastrointestinal bleed? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is assisting a postoperative client.

The client is alert and oriented to person, place, and time, and reports incisional pain of 9 on a scale of 1 to 10. Morphine 8 mg was administered subcutaneously as prescribed at 0900.

The client is now sleeping and is difficult to arouse.

Pupils are 3 mm, equal and reactive to light.

Temperature is 37.5 C (99.5°), respirations are 10/min, and pulse oximetry is 87% on room air.

Which documentation in the client’s medical record requires further action by the nurse?