Exhibits

Review H and P, nurse's notes, laboratory values, flow sheet, and prescriptions.

Click to mark whether the assessment finding represents a therapeutic result of the mannitol administered, a non-therapeutic side effect, or an unrelated finding. Each row must have one option selected.

A client is receiving miotics for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma. The nurse determines that a priority nursing problem is "risk for injury." This nursing problem is based on which etiology?

Based on a client's serum digoxin level, the client is diagnosed with digoxin toxicity. Which action should the nurse expect to implement?

A client with a history of smoking cigarettes for many years arrives at the clinic and expresses a desire to stop smoking. The client receives a prescription for bupropion to reduce nicotine cravings. Which information should the nurse include in the discharge teaching?

Which laboratory value should the nurse review prior to administering the initial dose of a statin medication?

The nurse is administering SUBQ enoxaparin to a client following knee replacement surgery to prevent a deep vein thrombosis. Which laboratory result requires immediate action by the nurse?

Reference Range:

Hematocrit [42% to 52% (0.42 to 0.52 volume fraction)] 

Platelets [150,000 to 400,000/mm3 (150 to 400 x 10^9/L)] 

Creatinine [0.5 to 1.1 mg/dL (44 to 97 μmol/L)] 

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) [10 to 20 mg/dL (3.6 to 7.1 mmol/L)]

A client is receiving tamsulosin, an alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, for the management of urinary retention due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Which instruction is most important for the nurse to provide?

Levothyroxine sodium is prescribed for a client with hypothyroidism. The nurse should instruct the client to report which symptom because it indicates that the client is taking too much levothyroxine sodium?

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement(s) by selecting from the lists of options provided.

According to the information gathered in the nurse's assessment, the nurse should prepare to give the client

A client with narcolepsy receives a new prescription for methylphenidate. Prior to administration of the medication, the nurse should review the medical record for which condition?

A client with a cold is taking the antitussive medication benzonatate. Which assessment information indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?