Complete the following sentence: Given the patient’s symptoms of dyspnea and fatigue, the nurse anticipates the primary care provider may increase the dose of (medication class) to help reduce fluid overload.

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a right-sided chest tube after a right lower lobectomy. Which nursing action could the nurse delegate to the assistive personnel (AP)?

Many hospitalized patients are at risk for developing VTE.

Based on the patient’s respiratory assessment and history, which assessment finding would indicate a worsening of Maria’s respiratory status?

Which action would the nurse take first when a patient develops epistaxis (nose bleed)?

Directions: Identify the nursing goals/outcome measures for this patient’s heart failure. (Select all that apply)

An hour after a left thoracotomy, a patient reports incisional pain at a level 7 (based on 0 to 10 scale) and has decreased left-sided breath sounds. The pleural drainage system has 100 mL of bloody drainage. Which action would the nurse take?

In a severely anemic patient, which assessment findings would the nurse expect to find?

Complete the following sentence: Given the patient’s elevated blood pressure and inconsistent medication adherence, the nurse should prioritize (intervention) to help improve blood pressure control and patient outcome

A young adult patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) is admitted to the hospital with increased dyspnea. Which intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care?

After 2 months of prescribed treatment with isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol, a patient continues to have positive sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli (AFB). Which action would the nurse take next?