An adult woman with Grave's disease is admitted with severe dehydration and malnutrition. She is currently restless and refusing to eat. Which action is most important for the nurse to implement?

The parent of an adolescent tells the clinic nurse, "My child has athlete's feet. I have been applying triple antibiotic ointment for two days, but there has been no improvement." Which instruction should the nurse provide?

An older adult client who experienced a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) has difficulty with visual perception and eats only half of the food on the meal tray. The client's family expresses concern about the client's nutritional status. How should the nurse respond to the family's concern?

A client with a new diagnosis of glaucoma is concerned about going blind. To help prevent blindness due to glaucoma, the nurse should instruct the client to implement which action(s)? Select all that apply.

An older adult client with a long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is admitted with progressive shortness of breath and a persistent cough. The client is anxious and reports a dry mouth. Which intervention should the nurse implement?

A client with urolithiasis is preparing for discharge after lithotripsy. Which intervention should the nurse include in the client's postoperative discharge instructions?

Complete the diagram by dragging from the choices area to specify which condition the client is most likely experiencing, two actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client's progress.

A client with a gram positive bacterial skin infection is receiving daptomycin 500 mg IV every 24 hours. The pharmacy delivers a secondary infusion of 0.9% sodium chloride with daptomycin 500 mg/100 mL to be infused in 30 minutes. How many mL/hour should the nurse program the infusion pump? (Enter the numerical value only.)

When caring for a client with a cervical spinal cord injury, which intervention is the most important for the nurse to implement?

Highlight the assessment findings that require follow-up by the nurse.

The client is postoperative below-the-knee amputation right leg day 3. He is sitting up with his left leg and right leg residual limb hanging off the bed. There is client-controlled analgesia (PCA) of morphine on demand in the left hand area; there is no redness at the site with 0.9% sodium chloride infusing at 50 mL an hour.

General: Alert, oriented to person, place, and time.

Eyes Pupils round, reactive to light and accommodation (PERRLA).

Lungs: Lungs clear all lobes.

Heart Telemetry monitor displaying sinus rhythm (SR).

Abdomen: Abdomen soft, bowel sounds in all 4 quadrants. Denies pain with urination and describes urine as light yellow.

Right leg: Right leg incision is open to air skin to the area is cool to touch and edema noted along the incision. Sutures intact, no redness noted, popliteal pulses strong bilaterally and wound drain with approximately 100 ml of drainage present on right leg. Reports pain is a 2 on a 0 to 10 scale, right residual limb area.

Left leg 2+ pedal pulse loss of hair on the lower leg, skin is dry, scaly, cool to touch, thickened toe nails noted, and capillary refill is greater than 4 seconds

Select the 3 assessment findings that indicate ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion for this client.