A patient with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus is to be started on enteral tube feeding. What type of formula would be most appropriate?

A client is complaining of severe chest pain became unresponsive and the cardiac monitor shows the heart rhythm below. What will be the most appropriate action

Which signs would alert the nurse to possible nutritional alterations? (Select all that apply, one, some, or all.)

A patient is admitted with the diagnosis of a gunshot wound to the head due to a suicide attempt. While in the patient care unit, the plan of care should include which intervention?

A patient is admitted with severe malnutrition. A central venous catheter is placed in the right subclavian vein and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is started. For which complication should the patient be evaluated immediately after insertion of the catheter?

Furosemide (Lasix) 70 mg IV daily. You retrieved Furosemide 10 mg/ml from the pyxis. How much ml will you administer to the client?

NOTE

• DO NOT write the unit/s of measurement
• YOUR ANSWER SHOULD BE IN WHOLE NUMBER

Which nutritional interventions is a priority for the patient with renal disease who is receiving dialysis?

The nurse is teaching a group of senior nursing students about acute pain. Which statement accurately describes the duration of acute pain?

A patient is brought to the ED by a friend who states that a tree fell on the patient’s leg and crushed it while they were cutting firewood. What priority actions should the nurse perform? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient with liver dysfunction. What is the maximum dose of acetaminophen the patient should receive in 24 hours?

A 17-year-old unconscious client has been admitted to the critical care unit in critical condition after a motor vehicle crash with proxy for health care decision-making assigned to the client's parents, who are divorced. When the client's hemoglobin drops to a critical level, the medical team approaches the parents regarding permission to initiate a blood transfusion, the client's mother, a practicing Jehovah's Witness, states that her child is also against such a medical intervention. The client's father does not share his ex-wife's belief that their child would refuse the lifesaving treatment and asks that the transfusion be given. What actions can be taken by the critical care nurse to assist in addressing this ethical dilemma that clearly involves the principles autonomy and beneficence? Select all that apply.

NOTE: Select 2 responses for this question