A nurse is instructing clients in the community about relationship development. The nurse should explain that, according to Erikson, establishing relationships with commitment is a primary task of which of the following stages of psychosocial development?

A nurse is caring for a client who is at 6 weeks of gestation with her first pregnancy and asks the nurse when she can expect to experience quickening. Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is caring for a client who is at 40 weeks gestation and is in active labor. The client has 6 cm of cervical dilation and 100% cervical effacement. The nurse obtains the client's blood pressure reading as 82/52 mm Hg. Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse perform?

A home health nurse is conducting a home visit.

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Nurses' Notes

Client is an older adult client with a history of osteoporosis, hypertension, and depression. Client is living independently with help of an aid for housekeeping and laundry. General appearance is neat, hair combed, clothing appropriate for weather. Skin color appropriate for ethnicity, overall skin is dry with bruising and small skin tear noted on knuckle of right hand. Dentures in glass on table. Client reports dentures don't fit well and make their mouth sore. Cough noted while client was drinking juice. Client reports appetite is decreased due to not being very hungry. Client reports eating mostly dinners that adult child prepares and freezes for them. Client states, "I just have to heat them up." Client also states. "Food just doesn't taste good anymore, and have a hard time chewing anything."

A nurse is developing an education program for a community group about dietary intake of vitamins and minerals in the diet. The nurse should include which of the following foods as sources of vitamin C?

A nurse in a prenatal clinic is reviewing the health record of a client who is at 28 weeks of gestation. The history includes one pregnancy terminated by elective abortion at 9 weeks; the birth of twins at 36 weeks; and a spontaneous abortion at 15 weeks. According to the GTPAL system, which of the following describes the client's current status?

A nurse is triaging clients in an urgent care clinic. Which of the following clients should the nurse have the provider care for immediately?

A nurse is assessing an older adult client who has experienced some loss of bone density. The nurse observes a "hunchback" curvature of the client's spine. The nurse should expect the provider to document which of the following disorders?

A nurse in the labor and delivery unit is caring for a client who is undergoing external fetal monitoring. The nurse observes that the fetal heart rate begins to slow after the start of a contraction, and the lowest rate occurs after the peak of the contraction. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is providing teaching about Kegel exercises to a group of clients who are in the third trimester of pregnancy. Which of the following statements by a client indicates understanding of the teaching?

A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a client. Using Leopold maneuvers, the nurse palpates a round, firm, moveable part in the fundus of the uterus and a long, smooth surface on the client's right side. In which abdominal quadrant should the nurse expect to auscultate fetal heart tones?