The nurse is caring for a patient who reports enlarged, painful, and moveable preauricular lymph nodes, postauricular lymph nodes, and cervical lymph nodes. Which does the nurse infer from these findings?

A patient is being given penicillin via intravenous infusion and develops signs and symptoms of an anaphylactic reaction. Which of the following should be the nurse's FIRST action?

Serum sickness, which is a Type III Hypersensitivity Reaction, may occur in patients that have received which of the following medications?

The most common medication category used to treat allergic rhinitis is which of the following?

A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is receiving packed red blood cells. During the infusion, the client states, 'My heart is racing. The nurse notes that the client's face has become flushed. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

The nurse is monitoring a patient's response to antiviral therapy. Which test will provide this information?

The nurse suspects the patient is having a blood transfusion reaction. What is the FIRST action the nurse should do?

The licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) is watching a nursing student administer medications to a patient with HIV. Which action by the student requires correction by the nurse?

Which of the following is a common nursing diagnosis that the nurse will include in the plan of care for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)?

A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who has AIDS.

Drag 1 condition and 1 client finding to fill in each blank in the following sentence.

The client is at highest risk for developing

The nurse knows that an autoimmune disease is defined as which of the following?