For a client at a high risk of aspiration, the nurse anticipates that there will be goals and interventions (taking action) related to safety observations during:

A patient has an order for Normal Saline 1000 mL to infuse over 3 hours. The medication will be infused with an IV pump.

How many mL/h should the IV pump be programmed for?

A patient develops food poisoning from contaminated food. The contaminated food would be an example of which part of the infectious cycle?

When conducting a physical assessment of the extremities, which of the following assessments would be the most correct?

A nurse is teaching a preoperative patient how to use an incentive spirometer. Which instruction should be included in the education to the patient?

A nurse assesses a patient's pressure injury and documents the following: fullthickness skin and tissue loss with exposed muscle, tendon, and bone in the ulcer. This pressure ulcer is categorized to be at which of the following stages?

A nurse is managing a patient's fluids and outputs over a shift. Here are the details:

• 0700: The nurse starts an IV of 0.45% Normal saline infusing at 100 mL/hr.
• 0900: The patient has coffee-ground emesis (vomit) measuring 300 mL.
• 1000: The nurse stops the IV of 0.45% Normal saline to administer an IV antibiotic. The antibiotic administered is Kefzol 1 g in 25 mL of D5W over 30 minutes.
• 1030: The antibiotic infusion stops, and the nurse resumes the IV fluid of 0.45% Normal saline at 100 mL/hr.
• 1100: The physician orders the insertion of an NG tube and intermittent suction. The nurse inserts the NG tube and connects it to intermittent suction.
• 1530: The patient voids another 350 mL and 200 mL. The nurse checks the NG tube canister and records the output for the shift as 300 mL.

Calculate the patient's total intake from 0700 to 1530.

Kübler-Ross defines five stages of psychosocial responses to dying and death. Which of the following statements is characteristic of the denial stage?

The physician orders penicillin G 1,000,000 units IM. The label on the vial of powdered penicillin G reads to reconstitute with 1.6 mL of sterile water to achieve a concentration of 5,000,000 units/mL.

How many mL will the nurse give to the client for the ordered dose?

A nurse is caring for a client who is being treated for bladder infection. The client reports to the nurse that he has been having painful burning with urination. How should the nurse document the client's condition?

A graduate nurse enters a client's room and finds the client unresponsive, not breathing, and without a carotid pulse. The graduate nurse is aware that the client has mentioned that he does not wish to be resuscitated, but there is no DNR order on the client's chart. What is the nurse's best action?