The practical nurse (PN) is visiting a client who has stage four colon cancer and is receiving palliative home care. The client refuses to eat and sleeps most of the day. Which intervention should the nurse ask the PN to ensure the family is providing the client?

The home health aide caring for a homebound hospice client calls to inform the nurse that the client has reported feeling constipated. Which task should the nurse instruct the home health aide to perform?

A newly hired unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) expresses fear to the charge nurse about collecting a sputum specimen from a client who is HIV positive. Which action should the charge nurse take first?

A male client who fell at home and experienced a brief loss of consciousness becomes increasingly confused after admission to the medical unit. The family provides the client's signed power of attorney and a home medication list. When reporting to the healthcare provider using SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation) communication, which information should the nurse provide first?

The charge nurse is assigning care to clients who are all receiving continuous intravenous medication infusions. The client receiving which medication infusion is best to assign to the licensed practical nurse (PN), rather than an RN?

An adult woman with metastatic pancreatic cancer has requested that no heroic measures are implemented to save her life. Instructions from the healthcare provider have been received to transfer the client to a palliative care room. Which action is most important for the nurse to take?

Several family members are visiting a client who had a myocardial infarction 4 days ago. The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) informs the nurse that one of the visitors is lying on the client's bed. Which action should the nurse implement?

A client with life-threatening injuries from a gunshot wound to the abdomen is mechanically ventilated and sedated. The client has a large family present who are asking multiple and repetitive questions. Which intervention should the nurse implement first?

Four clients are scheduled to receive IV infusions, but there are only three intravenous (IV) pumps available. Which prescribed infusion can most safely be administered without an IV infusion pump?

A fire is reported in the kitchen on the first floor of a three-floor community hospital, and the operator notifies the charge nurse on the third floor to start evacuation procedures. Which intervention should the charge nurse implement?

The charge nurse is making client assignments in the Intensive Care Department. The healthcare team consists of one nurse with 10 years experience, one nurse with 5 years experience, and a new graduate nurse who just completed a 12-week internship. Which client should the nurse assign to the new graduate nurse?