Patient Data.

Exhibits

What are three goals of therapy for this client? Select three that apply.

While caring for a client with a full-thickness burn covering 40% of the body surface area (BSA), the nurse observes purulent drainage at the wound.

Before reporting this finding to the healthcare provider, the nurse should note which of the client's laboratory values?

A 70-year-old female presents to the emergency department triage with a noticeable facial droop and garbled speech. After having a few drinks at a local seafood restaurant, the client’s husband noticed his wife’s speech became difficult to understand.

The triage nurse does a rapid assessment of the client.

Select one condition and one client finding to complete the sentence(s). Based on the collected data, the nurse recognizes that the client is most likely exhibiting signs of

A client who has been prescribed propranolol for the treatment of arrhythmias reports experiencing shortness of breath and difficulty breathing while lying down at night.

Which of the following should the nurse instruct the client to do?

The nurse is preparing an older male adult for discharge who does not read and has bilateral hearing loss.

The client's daughter who lives close to her father tells the nurse that she will stop by daily to check on her father.

Which intervention(s) should the nurse implement? (Select all that apply.).

At the first dressing change, the practical nurse (PN) tells the client that her mastectomy incision is healing well, but the client refuses to look at the incision and refuses to talk about it.

Which response by the PN to the client's silence is best?

A client with diabetic peripheral neuropathy has been taking pregabalin for 4 days.
Which finding indicates to the nurse that the medication is effective?

A nurse is caring for a client who has Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

The nurse is caring for four clients: Client A, who has emphysema and whose oxygen saturation is 94%; Client B, with a postoperative hemoglobin of 8.2 mg/dL (82 g/L); Client C, newly admitted with a potassium level of 3.8 mEq/L (3.8 mmol/L); and Client D, scheduled for an appendectomy who has a white blood cell (WBC) count of 14,000 mm (14 x 10^9/L). Which intervention should the nurse implement? Reference Range:. Hemoglobin [14 to 18 g/dL (140 to 180 g/L)]. Potassium [3.5 to 5.0 mEq/L (3.5 to 5.0 mmol/L)]. White Blood Cell [5000 to 10,000/mm² (5 to 10 x 10^9/L)].

A nurse is providing education to a group of healthcare professionals about suicide and suicidal ideation.
Which of the following statements accurately describes suicidal ideation?

A nurse is teaching a client with hypertension about antihypertensive drugs.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?