The nurse is disposing of an old dressing that is saturated with a client's blood. How should the nurse dispose of the dressing?

The nurse is disposing of an old dressing that is saturated with a client's blood. How should the nurse dispose of the dressing?

A home care nurse is educating a client with diabetes on how to self-administer insulin. Which teaching point should the nurse include in the education plan?

A client returning to the floor after orthopedic surgery is reporting nausea. The nurse is aware that an appropriate intervention is to:

A nurse is providing ongoing postoperative care to a client who has had knee surgery. The nurse assesses the dressing and finds it saturated with blood. The client is restless and has a rapid pulse. What should the nurse do next?

During a clinical placement on a subacute, geriatric medicine unit, a student nurse fed a stroke client some beef broth, despite the fact that the client's diet was restricted to thickened fluids. As a result, the client aspirated and developed pneumonia. Which statement underlies the student's potential liability in this situation?

The nurse is preparing to send a client to the operating room for an exploratory laparoscopy. The nurse recognizes that there is no informed consent for the procedure on the client's chart. The nurse informs the health care provider who is performing the procedure. The health care provider asks the nurse to obtain the informed consent signature from the client. What is the nurse's best action to the health care provider's request?

client scheduled for open heart surgery tells the nurse he does not want to be "saved" if he dies during surgery. What should the nurse do next?

Although all of the following are factors that affect grief, which one is most likely to influence a person's expression of grief?

The nurse working at a long-term care facility supervises while the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) bathes an older adult client. The nurse determines the UAP requires intervention when the UAP:

A nurse does not assist with ambulation of a postoperative client on the first day after surgery. The client falls and fractures a hip. What charge might be brought against the nurse?