The nurse sees a life-threatening arrhythmia on a patient's cardiac monitor. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is reviewing the laboratory reports for a client who has chronic kidney disease. Which of the following laboratory reports should the nurse expect to find?

Which of the following are characteristics of Hodgkin's disease? (Select All that Apply.)

A nurse is reinforcing discharge teaching with a client who is postoperative for a traditional cholecystectomy and has a T-tube in place. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

The nurse is caring for a group of patients on the telemetry unit. Which patient should the nurse see first?

Which of the following foods should a client with leukemia avoid?

The nurse is caring for a patient whose cardiac monitor shows a total absence of electrical impulse as indicated by a flat line. The nurse does not detect a pulse or blood pressure. The nurse would document this as which of the following rhythms?

The nurse is caring for a 32-year-old female patient coming to the clinic with peripheral edema, periorbital edema and flank pain. Use the chart to answer the questions

History & Assessments

Medical/Surgical history: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) x12 years. controlled with glucocorticoids, diabetes mellitus x2 years, recurring urinary tract infections (UTIs).

Surgical history includes C-sections x2. Mitral valve regurgitation for 2 years.

Social History: Married with two healthy children, Works full-time as an office manager. Denies use of alcohol, drugs, or tobacco.

Family History: Mother also had SLE died at age 55 from complications of renal failure. Father is alive and healthy.

Physical Assessment: Alert and oriented, moves all extremities, grips and pushes strong, PERRLA 3 mm. Lungs with crackles, bilaterally, no shortness of breath. 51, 52 heart sounds with murmur: 3+ radial and pedal pulses: 4+ edema of the lower legs, ankles and feet: 2+ edema of the fingers and hands: periorbital edema present. Pain with percussion of the costovertebral angle.

Medications: Prednisone 10 mg PO daily, metformin 500 mg PO BID: ibuprofen 600 mg PO for pain PRN.

The nurse is concerned about the patient’s renal function. For each patient finding, specify if the finding is consistent with the disease process of glomerulonephritis, urinary tract infection, or chronic kidney disease. Select all that apply in each row.

The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a patient on the medical-surgical unit. Which patient should be taught about the possibility of an overwhelming infection?

A nurse is reinforcing dietary instructions with a client who has chronic kidney disease. Which of the following information should the nurse include?

The nurse is caring for a patient with kidney stones. Which intervention should the nurse implement?