The nurse is administering SUBQ enoxaparin to a client following knee replacement surgery to prevent a deep vein thrombosis. Which laboratory result requires immediate action by the nurse?

Reference Range:

Hematocrit [42% to 52% (0.42 to 0.52 volume fraction)] 

Platelets [150,000 to 400,000/mm3 (150 to 400 x 10^9/L)] 

Creatinine [0.5 to 1.1 mg/dL (44 to 97 μmol/L)] 

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) [10 to 20 mg/dL (3.6 to 7.1 mmol/L)]

The nurse is administering sucralfate to a client with stomatitis secondary to chemotherapy. The client wants to take the medication after breakfast. How should the nurse respond?

Furosemide is prescribed for a client with a history of heart failure (HF). Which foods should the nurse encourage this client to eat?

Which laboratory value should the nurse review prior to administering the initial dose of a statin medication?

It is 1800, and the client has a scheduled dose of insulin glargine due. The client has a regular diet tray ordered with 60 carbohydrates. The tray has not yet arrived in the room.

For each nursing action below, click to specify if the action is indicated, contraindicated or nonessential. Each row must have one option selected.

The nurse is providing discharge instructions for a client with metastatic cancer who is prescribed morphine for bone pain. Which information from the client indicates to the nurse an understanding of the medication?

Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statement(s) by selecting from the lists of options provided.

According to the information gathered in the nurse's assessment, the nurse should prepare to give the client

Based on a client's serum digoxin level, the client is diagnosed with digoxin toxicity. Which action should the nurse expect to implement?

The nurse is administering SUBQ enoxaparin to a client following knee replacement surgery to prevent a deep vein thrombosis. Which laboratory result requires immediate action by the nurse?

Reference Range:

Hematocrit [42% to 52% (0.42 to 0.52 volume fraction)] 

Platelets [150,000 to 400,000/mm3 (150 to 400 x 10^9/L)] 

Creatinine [0.5 to 1.1 mg/dL (44 to 97 μmol/L)] 

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN) [10 to 20 mg/dL (3.6 to 7.1 mmol/L)]

The healthcare provider prescribes enoxaparin sodium 80 mg SUBQ twice daily. The nurse is preparing a preloaded 1 mL syringe labeled, "Enoxaparin sodium injection, USP 60 mg/0.6 mL." How many mL should the nurse administer? (Enter numeric value only. If rounding is required, round to the nearest tenth.)

Before administering the initial dose of sumatriptan succinate to a client with a migraine headache, it is most important to determine if the client's history includes which problem?