A nurse is teaching a client who is at 20 weeks of gestation about how to manage heartburn.
Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A rural community health nurse is developing a plan to improve healthcare delivery for migrant farmworkers. To identify health services data for this minority group, the nurse should gather information from which of the following sources?

A charge nurse observes smoke coming from a trash receptacle in the unit's waiting room.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse in a mental health clinic is assessing a client who has a history of seeking counseling for relationship problems. The client shows the nurse multiple superficial selfinflicted lacerations on their forearms.

The nurse should identify these behaviors as characteristics of which of the following personality disorders?

A charge nurse notices that one of the nurses on the shift frequently violates unit policies by taking an extended amount of time for break. Which of the following statements should the charge nurse make to address this conflict?

A nurse is admitting a client to the psychiatric unit after attempting suicide. The client states, "My family does not care whether I live or die."

Which of the following responses should the nurse make?

A nurse is preparing to transfer a client from the ICU to the medical floor. The client was recently weaned from mechanical ventilation following a pneumonectomy.

Which of the following information should the nurse not include in the change-of-shift report?

8-year-old male admitted with cystic fibrosis reports the following symptoms:

• Shortness of breath
• Wheezing throughout lung fields
• Productive cough with thick sputum

A nurse is creating a plan of care for a newly admitted child. Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan?

A home health nurse is evaluating a school-age child who has cystic fibrosis. The nurse should initiate a request for a high-frequency chest compression vest in response to which of the following parent statements?

A nurse is caring for a client who is pregnant.

Nurses' Notes 1000:

The client reports repeated episodes of vomiting and two episodes of diarrhea in past 24 hr. Client is at 18 weeks of gestation and reports a history of nausea and vomiting for the past 12 weeks.

1015:

IV fluids initiated. Prochlorperazine administered via intermittent IV bolus.

1100:

Client reports improvement in nausea. Ice chips provided. Client voided 50 mL of dark yellow urine.

The nurse is providing discharge teaching to the client.

For each discharge instruction, specify if each action is recommended or contraindicated for the client.