A nurse is caring for a patient who is postoperative following a knee arthroplasty and requires the use of thigh-length sequential compression sleeves.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

A nurse is preparing a heparin infusion for a client who was admitted to the facility with deep-vein thrombosis.

The prescription reads: 25,000 units of heparin in 0.9% sodium chloride 250 mL to infuse at 800 units/hr. What should be the infusion pump rate?

(Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse in a medical-surgical unit is caring for six clients. The nurse needs to assess the clients based on their conditions.

Based on the Nurses’ Notes, which client should the nurse assess first? Please select the correct client number from the choices below:

A nurse is providing dietary advice to a client at risk for hypokalemia. Which food should the nurse recommend for inclusion in the client’s diet?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a prescription for 5 units of regular insulin and 10 units of NPH insulin to be mixed together and administered subcutaneously.
Determine the correct order of steps for this procedure.

A nurse is caring for a client who had a spinal cord injury and has paraplegia. The client is alert and oriented.

The client is repositioned every 2 hr. Passive range-of-motion exercises to lower extremities are performed once each day.

On Day 5, the client’s feet are warm, pedal pulses are 2+ bilaterally, plantar flexion contractures are noted bilaterally, and the left heel has a 1.3 cm x 1.3 cm (0.5 in x 0.5 in) area of nonblanchable erythema, with skin intact.

Which findings require intervention by the nurse?