Calculate the total intravenous fluids infused in 24 hrs for a 147.4-lb client with a 31.5% TBSA burn and receiving insulin 5 units/hr. The concentration of insulin is 100 units in 100 mL normal saline.

A nurse is caring for a client who has sepsis and a prescription for vancomycin 1 g in 250 mL dextrose 5% (DSW) over 2 hr by IV intermittent bolus. The nurse should set the IV pump to deliver how many ml/hr? (Round the answer to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero)

A nurse is admitting a client who has sustained severe burn injuries in a house fire. The nurse shades in a diagram indicating the burned surface areas. Using the Rule of Nines, the nurse should estimate that the client has burned what percentage of body surface area? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailling zero.)

You are caring for a patient who was ejected from a vehicle during a bad car accident on the freeway. Your patient has an open fracture of the right ulnar bone and multiple small lacerations. Based on the mechanism of injury (MOI) what would be a priority to place on the patient?

Which statement by the nurse when explaining the purpose of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) to the client's caregiver is accurate?

You are a nurse caring for a patient who was just brought into the emergency department after falling off a roof at a construction site. Upon assessment, you note that the patient's respirations are 32/min and the blood pressure is falling. The patient's trachea appears to be right of midline, and the patient's respiratory effort appears to be becoming more and more labored. What is your MOST likely PRIORITY action?

A nurse is caring for a client who has acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and requires mechanical ventilation. The client receives an order for fentanyl. The nurse recognizes that this medication is for which of the following purposes?

A nurse is reviewing the PT/INR and aPTT laboratory values for a client who is experiencing an acute episode of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse expect?

Which client should be assessed for hypovolemic shock?

A nurse is caring for a client who has burns to his face, ears, and eyelids. The nurse should identify which of the following is the priority finding to report to the provider?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 1-day postoperative following a left lower lobectomy of the lung. When assessing the client's closed chest drainage system, the nurse notes that there is no bubbling in the suction control chamber. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?