The nurse in the ED is reviewing the EKG strip of a client who has prolonged vomiting. Which of the following abnormalities on the client's EKG should the nurse interpret as a sign of hypokalemia?

Why is restraining a competent patient against his or her wishes considered an intentional tort?

A home care nurse visits a client who is confined to bed and is cared for by an adult child with substance use disorder. The home is cluttered and unclean, and the nurse notes that the client is wet with urine and shows signs of dehydration. After caring for the client, the nurse contacts the health care provider and reports the incident to Adult Protective Services. What ethical principle is the nurse practicing?

A 45-year-old recovering heroin abuser is status post lumbar fusion and is admitted to the intensive care unit for pain management isses related to a diagnosis of degenerative disk disease and associated peripheral neuropathy. The client who is currently prescribed oxycodone/paracetamol 5 mg/325 mg two tablets every 4 hours around the clock, gabapentin 300 mg four times per day methadone 10 mg twice daily. The client is awake alert, and oriented X4 with stable vitals is able to move lower extremities bilaterally, but reports decreased sensations in feet bilaterally and reporting incisional pain as a 10 of 10 on the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

Select the medication that can be appropriately prescribed and administered to help address the client's addiction maintenance, and postoperative pain.

Which patient finding supports the nurse's decision to place a patient in the urgent triage category?

Which therapeutic technique may be used to enhance coping in the critical care environment?

A patient is to receive 1000 mL of IV fluid over 4 hours. The drop factor is 15 gtt/mL. How many drops per minute should the IV be set to deliver?

NOTE

• DO NOT write the unit/s of measurement
• Enter ONLY the number
• DO NOT ROUND YOUR ANSWER

A nurse demonstrates the professional value known as altruism when caring for clients in a long-term care facility. What nursing action demonstrates this behavior?

Which nutritional interventions is a priority for the patient with renal disease who is receiving dialysis?

The client experienced abdominal surgery the previous day and has just received an opioid medication for report of pain. The client is sitting in a chair next to the bed. An additional activity that the nurse uses to relieve pain is:

A patient is admitted with the diagnosis of a gunshot wound to the head due to a suicide attempt. While in the patient care unit, the plan of care should include which intervention?