A patient diagnosed with both heart failure and kidney failure requires teaching about dialysis. Which nursing assessment is most appropriate for determining this patient's learning needs?

A nurse uses Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR) when providing a hand-off report to the oncoming shift. What is the rational for the nurse's action?

A patient is receiving heparin therapy as part of the treatment for a pulmonary embolism. The nurse monitors the results of which laboratory test to check the drug's effectiveness?

A nurse is teaching the staff about informatics. Which information from the staff indicates the nurse needs to follow up?

A nurse is discussing the advantages of a nursing clinical information system. Which advantage should the nurse describe?

While recovering from a severe illness, a hospitalized patient wants to change a living will, which was signed 9 months ago. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse is teaching the staff about professional negligence or malpractice. Which criteria to establish negligence will the nurse include in the teaching session? (Select all that apply.)

A patient has received an overdose of intravenous heparin, and is showing signs of excessive bleeding. Which substance is the antidote for heparin overdose?

A nurse is obtaining a history on an older adult. Which finding will the nurse most typically find?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following an appendectomy and is prescribed D, lactated Ringer's at 150 mL/hr by continuous IV infusion for 12 hr. The drop factor of the manual IV tubing is 20 gtt/mL. The nurse should set the manual IV infusion to deliver how many gtt/min? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.)

A nurse is caring for a young adult. Which goal is priority?