The nurse would record a pulse as bradycardic if the rate were:

An older adult American Indian patient has been admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain. Along with performing a physical assessment, the nurse should also perform a:

Regarding the blood pressure in children, the diastolic pressure is assessed by the auscultation of a:

The nurse explains to a patient that the pulse oximeter can measure the arterial oxygen by:

The nurse taking an apical pulse would place the stethoscope at:

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has a family history of hypertension. The nurse should inform the client that his blood pressure reading of 124/84 mm Hg places him in which of the following categories?

To correctly determine the strength of a patient's lower extremities during a neurological examination, the nurse asks the patient to:

The nurse would refrain from applying a blood pressure cuff on the affected arm of a patient who has a(n): (Select all that apply)

The home health nurse is instructing a caregiver about caring for a patient with hypothermia. The nurse recognizes that further instruction when the caregiver states, "I will

The nurse is informed that a patient had abnormal heart sounds during the night shift. When auscultating abnormal heart sounds, the nurse knows to listen to heart sounds with the:

A patient who is terminally ill is described during shift report as having Cheyne-Stokes breathing. On assessment, the nurse anticipates finding: