During an assessment of a 62-year-old man, the nurse notices the patient has a stooped posture, shuffling walk with short steps, flat facial expression, and pill-rolling finger movements. These findings would be consistent with:

During an examination, the nurse asks a patient to bend forward from the waist and notices that the patient has lateral tilting. When his leg is raised straight up, the patient complains of a pain going down his buttock into his leg. The nurse suspects:

During an assessment of the neurological system, a nurse places a key in the hand of a client, and he identifies it as a key. The nurse would describe this finding as

A client arrives in the Emergency Department via ambulance with the following signs: central cyanosis, HR 42, BP 80/50. What priority level should the nurse identify for this client?

A charge nurse is observing a nurse auscultating a client's bowel sounds. Which of the following actions requires intervention by the charge nurse?

Renee is a 43-year-old female who presents to her gynecology office to follow up on a breast lump she discovered while performing a self-exam two days ago. Renee explains she has a family history of breast cancer. Her mother was diagnosed with stage Ill breast cancer at 40 years and passed away 5 years later. Renee's sister tested BRACA and elected to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy Renee underwent BRACA testing and was found to be but she elected not to undergo the surgery. Considering the strong family history, Renee presents annually for mammograms and performs self-breast exams once a month. Two days ago, while performing her monthly exam in the shower. Renee felt a firm, non-tender lump in the right breast located to the right of the nipple. She immediately called to schedule an appointment for consultation.

Renee denies any associated symptoms including fatigue, changes to the skin of the breast pain, discharge from the nipples, or sore lymph nodes She describes herself as healthy and has no.
The nurse prepares to perform a breast exam on Renee to evaluate the palpable mass. When documenting pertinent objective findings related to the breast mass characteristics, the nurse includes information on (Select all that apply)

The nurse should use which test to check for large amounts of fluid around the patella?

A nurse is interviewing a client in order to obtain a comprehensive health history. The purpose of a review of systems in the health history is to

A nurse is obtaining a history from a 30-year-old female client. Which of the following questions would you ask to assess health promotion act?

During a cardiovascular assessment of an 80-year-old adult, a nurse should consider which of the following as expected findings?

While assessing the client's gait during, which of the following would indicate a need for further evaluation?