The nurse is assessing an adolescent female diagnosed with anorexia nervosa who is admitted to the unit with severe malnutrition and electrolyte imbalance.
Which pathological process results from the adolescent's consistent maladaptive behavior?

In assessing a client with an indwelling urinary catheter following the provision of care by an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP), the practical nurse (PN) observes that the catheter drainage bag, which is half- full, is attached to the side rail and the tubing is looped on the bed.

Which action should the PN implement?

A nurse is teaching a client who has a fungal infection about fluconazole.
Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

The nurse observes an 18-month-old toddler keeping a bottle of milk in the mouth throughout the history-taking and assessment process during a well-child visit.

The mother confirms that the child has a bottle available most of the day and remarks that it makes a great pacifier.

Which response should the nurse provide?

A nurse is establishing a therapeutic relationship with a client with anxiety disorder.
What is the primary goal of this intervention?

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)].

An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) reports that a client's right hand and fingers spasm when taking the blood pressure using the same arm.

After confirming the presence of the spasms, which action should the nurse take?

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.).

A college student brings his roommate to the clinic because the roommate has been talking to someone who is not present. The student tells the practical nurse (PN) that his roommate is acting strange.

Which question should the PN ask the client next?

A client with renal calculi is experiencing hematuria and reports severe flank pain.
Which intervention should the nurse implement first?

The parents of a one-year-old child with the diagnosis of hypospadias informed the practical nurse (PN) that they plan to delay corrective surgery to see if the child will outgrow the problem. Which information should the PN provide to these parents?