Exhibits

Client history has been collected, and the nurse performs a physical assessment and records vital signs.
Which finding(s) in the client's health record should the nurse recognize places the client at a greater risk of developing gout? Select all that apply.
 

The healthcare provider places prescriptions to determine the extent of the client's condition.

Select from Word Choices to complete the sentence.

Based on the client's laboratory findings, the nurse recognizes that the client is having an acute gout attack and is most at risk for  ___and ___ in his  affected joint.

A client with a renal calculus reports severe right flank pain, nausea, and vomiting. Which nursing problem has the highest priority?

The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with psoriasis vulgaris who is receiving psoralen and ultraviolet A light (PUVA) treatment. Which assessment finding indicates that the client has been overexposed to the treatment?

Which dietary instruction is most important for the nurse to explain to a client who has had gastric bypass surgery?

A client who works as a data entry clerk is concerned as to how a recent diagnosis of Raynaud's syndrome is going to affect the client's job performance. Which instruction should the nurse provide this client?

A client arrives to the medical-surgical unit 4 hours after a transurethral resection of the prostate. A triple lumen catheter for continuous bladder irrigation with normal saline is infusing, and the nurse observes dark, pink-tinged outflow with blood clots in the tubing and collection bag. Which action should the nurse take?

The nurse is providing teaching to a client about self-management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Which information provided by the client indicates understanding?

A client is admitted to the hospital for treatment of a simple goiter, and levothyroxine sodium is prescribed. Which symptoms indicate to the nurse that the prescribed dosage is too high for this client?

The nurse suspects that the client may have anemia.

For each statement, click to specify whether the statement is consistent with iron deficiency anemia, vitamin B12 deficient anemia, or folic acid deficient anemia. Each category may support more than one deficiency, but each deficiency must have at least one response selected.

The nurse reviews the client history of the presenting illness in the electronic medical record.

Click to highlight the two pieces of key subjective data which indicate the client is in need of health interventions.

A 34-year-old male client presents to the emergency department (ED) for an acute asthma attack which began after jogging through a local park. Client is able to answer questions, pausing every few words to catch his breath. Reports using a rescue inhaler three times, but he just couldn't catch his breath. Informs that symptoms seem worse when outdoors and when exercising and that episodes like this make him extremely nervous. He says that it has been a couple of months since he had an asthma attack, and he came to the ED today because he noticed that his inhaler was expired and was worried the medication was not working.