Exhibits

The healthcare provider places orders to determine the cause of client symptoms.

Use the chart to indicate if the listed symptom or finding is consistent with gastroenteritis, appendicitis, or ectopic pregnancy.

Each row must have at least one, but may have more than one, response option selected.

An adult is admitted with acute flank pain, a 102° F (38.9° C) oral temperature, hematuria, dysuria, urgency, and fishy-smelling urine. Which admitting prescription(s) are most important for the nurse to implement? Select all that apply.

The nurse is admitting a client from the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) to the postoperative surgical care unit. Which prescription should the nurse implement first?

Review H and P and nurses’ notes.

Click to highlight which assessment findings should the nurse attend to right away?

Admitted client. Vital signs: heart rate 128 beats/minute, rhythm sinus tachycardia, respiratory rate 14 breaths/minute, oxygen saturation 100% on 40% fraction of inspired oxygen, temperature 96.9° F (36.1° C), blood pressure 90/79 mm Hg. Pulse pressure calculated to be less than 40 mm Hg. The client's surgical dressing is clean and dry. Ecchymosis noted on the abdomen around the dressing. The client has a peripheral intravenous line in the right forearm and one in the left hand. The client also has a right subclavian central venous catheter that is infusing propofol and intravenous fluids.

The nurse is preparing to obtain a rapid coronavirus (COVID-19) test for a client who was exposed to the virus eight days ago. The client is experiencing fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Which action is most important for the nurse to take?

The parent of a 4-year-old has been battling metastatic lung cancer for the past 2 years. After discussing the remaining options with the healthcare provider, the client requests that all treatment stop and that no heroic measures be taken to save the client's life. After the client is transferred to the palliative care unit, which action is most important for the receiving nurse to take in facilitating continuity of care?

A female client is taking alendronate, a bisphosphonate, for postmenopausal osteoporosis. The client tells the nurse that she is experiencing jaw pain. How should the nurse respond?

One year after being discharged from the burn trauma unit, a client with a history of 40% full-thickness burns is admitted with bone pain and muscle weakness. Which intervention should the nurse include in this client's plan of care?

The nurse uses the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCIS) and determines that the daughter is under significant stress caused by the assumption of her mother's care. The nurse is planning to have a discussion with the daughter on decreasing the stress she is experiencing as a caregiver.

Select the 3 statements that the nurse should include when discussing caregiver stress with the client's daughter.

A client with multiple sclerosis (MS) is receiving interferon beta-1b 0.1875 mg SUBQ every other day. The nurse reconstitutes the vial by slowly injecting "2 mL of diluent into the interferon vial for a reconstituted solution of 0.25 mg/1 mL How many mL should the nurse administer?

(Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest hundredth.)

In caring for a client who is receiving linezolid IV for nosocomial pneumonia, which assessment finding is most important for the nurse to report to the healthcare provider?