The nurse is preparing an older adult client for discharge following cataract extraction. Which instruction should be included in the discharge teaching?

A client returns to the mental health clinic for assistance with an anxiety reaction that is manifested by a rapid heartbeat, sweating, shaking, and nausea while driving over the bay bridge. Which action in the treatment plan should the nurse implement?

Chart data is reviewed.

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A client who had bariatric surgery 2 months ago is admitted because of vomiting and inability to tolerate food and liquids. The client is pain free. Which intervention should the nurse include in the client's plan of care?

A client reports passing 2 to 3 small, hard stools per week since being placed on a low-residue diet three months ago. Which type of laxative should the nurse expect the healthcare provider to recommend first?

The nurse prepares to teach four clients about diabetes mellitus. Which client has the greatest need for instructions?

Reference Range:

Glycosylated hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) [good glycemic control: less than 10%]

Random blood glucose [less than or equal to 200 mg/dL (less than 11.1 mmol/L]

Postprandial glucose (1-hour gestational diabetes) [less than 140 mg/dL (less than 7.8 mmol/L)]

Fasting blood glucose [70 to 110 mg/dL (less than 6.1 mmol/L)]

The nurse is reviewing the plan of care for a newly admitted client who is intoxicated on admission. Which findings should the nurse include as indicators to begin implementing the detoxification medication protocol?

When performing suctioning for a client with a tracheostomy, which action should the nurse include?

A 18-year-old male client is admitted to the hospital with a possible drug overdose. His mother requests to know the results of the toxicology screen test. Which response is best for the nurse to provide?

The nurse is reviewing nurses' notes to determine if there are any variations.

Click to highlight the findings that would indicate the client has developed a complication related to pregnancy.

The client is a 32-year-old multigravida at 28 weeks gestation, who presents to the healthcare provider's office for a routine prenatal visit. Obstetrical history reveals she has given birth three times; once at 35 weeks (twins), once at 38 weeks (singleton) and once at 41 weeks (singleton). All of these children are alive and well. She had one spontaneous abortion at 10 weeks' gestation. Her fourth child weighed 9 pounds (4.08 kg) at 41 weeks gestation.

Client is at 28 weeks. She has been receiving prenatal care since 8 weeks gestation. Her fasting 1-hour glucose screening level, which was done 1 week prior, is 164 mg/dL (9.1 mmol/L). Her 3-hour oral glucose tolerance test results reveal a fasting blood sugar of 168 (9.3 mmol/L) and a two-hour postprandial of 220 mg/dL (12.2 mmol/L).

The nurse is reviewing nurses' notes to determine what the client's obstetric history reveals in the form of GTPAL.

Choose the most likely option for the information missing from the statement by selecting from the list of options provided.
Based on the client's obstetrical history, what is the client's G-T-P-A-L designation?