A patient arrives at the emergency department with a stab wound to the chest.

The healthcare provider places two chest tubes to drain air and blood from the patient’s thoracic cavity.

Where should the nurse place the system?

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 client with a spinal cord injury is at risk for experiencing autonomic dysreflexia.

Which of the following manifestations should the nurse carefully monitor the client for?

Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse utilize when administering Dilantin (phenytoin) in a patient who has a known seizure disorder?

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 admitting a client. Review the exhibits to answer the question.

For each potential provider's prescription, click to specify if the prescription is anticipated or contraindicated.

A nurse is planning care for a client who has a peptic ulcer and a new prescription for sucralfate 2 gm administered twice daily.

When should the nurse plan to administer the medication?

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?

A nurse is preparing to administer heparin subcutaneously to a client.

Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

A nurse is attending to a client who has suffered a basal skull fracture.

During the morning hygiene care, the nurse observes a thin clear drainage coming from the client’s right nostril.

What should be the nurse’s immediate action?

A nurse is educating a patient with osteoporosis who has been prescribed alendronate 70 mg PO weekly (Fosamax). Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further instruction?