When caring for a victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen who has lost a significant amount of blood, the nurse would anticipate the vital signs to reflect:

The nurse anticipates that if the stroke volume of a patient is reduced, the pulse will be:

When checking extraocular movements, the nurse asks the patient to follow an object as it is moved into different positions and watch to see if

A critically ill patient has faster and deeper, then slower, respirations. These are followed by a period of no breathing for 21 seconds with continuation of this cycle. This respiratory pattern is

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

If dehydration occurs, the blood pressure will

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?

A type of Korotkoff sound that indicates the diastolic pressure in children and in some adults is

During a health interview, an older adult patient has difficulty remembering information about the health history. In order to get the information more reliably, the nurse should:

The normal pattern of breathing is described as

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: