Exhibits

Which laboratory tests would be helpful in determining the plan of care for this client? Select all that apply.

Click to highlight the findings that require follow up.

Neurological: Alert and oriented. Agitated. Denies headaches.

Cardiovascular: Reported chest pain described as pressure and tightness that is unrelieved with rest. Rapid regular rhythm. Normal heart tones. Radial and pedal pulses 2+. Capillary refill 2 seconds.

Respiratory: Rapid and shallow breaths. Clear breath sounds throughout bilateral lungs.

Gastrointestinal: Within normal limits (WNL).

Genitourinary: WNL

Musculoskeletal: WNL

Pain: 7 on a 0 to 10 scale, tightness and pressure in chest. Started approximately 2 hours ago and got progressively worse, unrelieved by rest.

The nurse is working on an infectious disease unit. Which client should be assigned to a room with negative airflow, while requiring personnel to use a particulate respirator mask, and requiring staff to observe airborne, as well as standard precautions?

Which assessment finding of a postmenopausal woman necessitates a referral by the nurse to a healthcare provider for evaluation of thyroid functioning?

Patient Data

Review H and P. nurse's notes, laboratory results, flow sheet, and prescriptions. Click to indicate which interventions the nurse would include in the plan of care to support the expected outcomes of adequate epidural anesthesia on the mother and the fetus.

Each column must have a least one response selected.

Following a cardiac catheterization and placement of a stent in the right coronary artery, the nurse administers prasugrel to the client. To monitor for adverse effects from the medication, which assessment is most important for the nurse to include in this clients plan of care?

While the nurse is assessing an older client's fall risk, the client reports living at home alone and never falling. Which action should the nurse take?

A client presents to the clinic with fatigue, poor appetite, general malaise, and vague joint pain that improves mid-morning. The client has been taking over-the-counter Ibuprofen for several months. The healthcare provider makes an initial diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Which laboratory test(s) should the nurse report to the healthcare provider? Select all that apply.

The nurse is providing a nutrition class to a group of postmenopausal clients. Which food should the nurse emphasize to this group?

A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following administration of general anesthesia.

Select from the choices below to specify what condition the client is most likely experiencing, 2 actions the nurse should take to address that condition, and 2 parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client's progress.

The nurse reviews the findings in the history and physical.

Drag from word choices to complete the sentence.

The nurse recognizes that