When planning nutritional interventions for a healthy 83-year-old man, the nurse recognizes what factor is most likely to affect his nutritional status?

The nurse is reviewing serum laboratory values for a client who is scheduled for surgery tomorrow. Which value requires the nurse to promptly notify the surgeon?

The nurse is preparing to care for a client with an electrolyte imbalance. After reviewing the electronic health record, what finding should the nurse understand places that client at the greatest risk for developing a potassium deficit?

When planning nutritional interventions for a healthy 83-year-old man, the nurse recognizes what factor is most likely to affect his nutritional status?

The client is admitted with a serum sodium level of 110 mEq/L. What nursing intervention should be implemented?

The nurse is assessing a client in the post-anesthesia care unit. The client's vital signs are T 98°F, P 106, R 24, and BP 88/40. The client is awake and oriented x 3 and the skin is pale and damp. The client denies complaints of pain. What intervention should the nurse implement first?

A nurse is assessing a client 12 hours following an emergency abdominal surgery. Which assessment finding requires prompt collaboration with the primary health care provider?

Which assessment data indicate the postoperative client who had spinal anesthesia is suffering a complication of the anesthesia?

The pharmacy just delivered the sustained-release opioid tablets newly prescribed for a client with a gastrostomy tube. What should the nurse do when preparing to provide this medication to the client?

A nurse reviews a client's laboratory report and notes that the client's serum phosphorus (phosphate) level is 1.8 mg/dL. Which condition most likely caused this serum phosphorus level?

A nurse is caring for a client receiving continuous enteral feedings via a gastrostomy tube. Which nursing intervention is most important to help prevent aspiration?