The nurse is planning a nutrition class for vegans. Which food should the nurse encourage to be combined with other foods to enhance the nutritional intake in the vegan diet?

While assessing placement of a nasogastric tube (NGT), the nurse aspirates cloudy green fluid into a syringe. Which intervention should the nurse Implement?

A client who is multiparous on the postpartum unit reports intense cramping while breastfeeding. What instruction should the nurse provide to this client?

Before administering a parenteral nutrition solution through a central vein, the nurse should confirm information from which sources? (Select all that apply)

After receiving morning report about four clients, which client should the nurse attend to first?

A client has a serum sodium level of 155 mEq/L (155 mmol/L). The nurse should encourage the client to make which selection from the lunch menu.

Reference Range

Sodium [Reference Range: Adult 136 to 145 mEq/L or 136 to 145 mmol/L]

A middle-aged client newly diagnosed with cholelithiasis is choosing the evening meal.What food choice should the nurse encourage the client to omit?

An adolescent hospitalized with sickle cell anemia reports to the nurse of experiencing a pain level of 10 on a 0 to 10 numerical scale. The nurse observes the adolescent on a phone call laughing. Which action should the nurse take?

Which client is at greatest risk for aspiration?

A client with peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is admitted to the emergency room complaining of sudden severe upper abdominal pain. Assessment indicates an extremely tender and rigid abdomen, blood pressure 90/60 mmHg, and pulse of 110 beats/minute. Which procedure should the emergency department nurse plan for immediate implementation?

The practical nurse (PN) overhears a female client with Cushing's syndrome tell her family in a very loud and angry voice to leave her room and not to come back. The response by the PN is based on recognizing which common manifestation of the syndrome?