A nurse is planning care for a child who has severe diarrhea.
Which of the following actions is the nurse’s priority?

Which of the following statements is true regarding intermittent feeding?

A nurse is caring for a patient who receives intermittent enteral feedings through an NG tube.
Before administering a feeding, the nurse should measure the gastric residual for which of the following purposes?

A nurse in a community clinic is collecting data from a patient who reports frequent vomiting and diarrhea for the past 3 days.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a client who has a bowel obstruction and a new prescription for the insertion of a nasogastric tube.
Which of the following interventions should the nurse take when inserting the nasogastric tube?

A nurse is caring for a patient who has a new prescription for warfarin.
Which of the following diagnostic test results should the nurse use to monitor the therapy’s effect?

A nurse is reinforcing infection control practices for hand hygiene with a group of unit nurses.
Which of the following information should the nurse reinforce in the teaching?

A charge nurse is observing a nurse administer intermittent tube feedings via an NG tube to a client.
Which of the following actions by the nurse should prompt the charge nurse to intervene?

A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who is postoperative following peritoneal lavage for peritonitis.

The client has a nasogastric tube to low-intermittent suction and closed-suction drains in place.

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

A nurse is preparing to remove an NG tube for a patient.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?