The nurse is teaching a group of senior nursing students about acute pain. Which statement accurately describes the duration of acute pain?

A patient is brought to the ED by a friend who states that a tree fell on the patient’s leg and crushed it while they were cutting firewood. What priority actions should the nurse perform? (Select all that apply.)

Provider Orders normal saline (NS) 0.9% 650 ml infuse over 6 hours. The drip factor is 10 gtt/mL. How many drops per minute (gtts/min) will be administered?

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• DO NOT write the unit/s of measurement
• YOUR ANSWER SHOULD BE IN WHOLE NUMBER

A 17-year-old unconscious client has been admitted to the critical care unit in critical condition after a motor vehicle crash with proxy for health care decision-making assigned to the client's parents, who are divorced. When the client's hemoglobin drops to a critical level, the medical team approaches the parents regarding permission to initiate a blood transfusion, the client's mother, a practicing Jehovah's Witness, states that her child is also against such a medical intervention. The client's father does not share his ex-wife's belief that their child would refuse the lifesaving treatment and asks that the transfusion be given. What actions can be taken by the critical care nurse to assist in addressing this ethical dilemma that clearly involves the principles autonomy and beneficence? Select all that apply.

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A patient on mechanical ventilation is receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). Which statement is true?

A patient is mechanically ventilated and is receiving enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube. To help ensure feeding tolerance, the nurse checks residual volumes every 4 hours. During a residual check later in the shift, the nurse aspirates a total residual volume of 200 mL. What action should the nurse take next?

Which intervention would the nurse plan to use for a patient who was working on a construction site and now presents to the hospital with profuse sweating, a temperature of 104°F (40°C), patent airway, tachycardia, acute confusion, and anxiety?

A patient is admitted with severe malnutrition. A central venous catheter is placed in the right subclavian vein and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) is started. For which complication should the patient be evaluated immediately after insertion of the catheter?

A client prescribed a medication for hypertension started taking it 3 days ago and arrives in the emergency department with an edematous face and tongue and having a difficult time speaking. What medication is the nurse aware of that may produce this type of side effect?

Which combinations of drugs have been found to be effective in managing the pain associated with musculoskeletal and soft tissue inflammation?

The client experienced abdominal surgery the previous day and has just received an opioid medication for report of pain. The client is sitting in a chair next to the bed. An additional activity that the nurse uses to relieve pain is: