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A child with a congenital heart defect has a cardiac catheterization. What is an essential element of nursing care after this procedure? - Monitoring the extremity distal to the insertion site A client comes to the clinic for a physical and asks to be tested for acquired immunodeficiency synd...

Continue with the shift report and talk to the nurse about the incident at a later time. Continuing with the shift report is the best immediate action because it allows the nurse who was floated some cooling off time. At a later time (after the nurse has cooled off) the charge nurse should disc...

2 days after an abdominal hysterectomy, an elderly client with diabetes Mellitus Type II has a syncopal episode. Her vital signs are within normal limites and her sugar is 325 mg/dL. what intervention should the nurse implement first? A. Give the client 4 ounces of orange juice B. Administer n...

Answer: A - 2. A nurse planning care for a client who has undergone transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) remembers that the most common cause of postoperative pain is which factor? A.) Bladder spasms B.) Bleeding within the bladder C.) The location of the incision D.) Tension on th...

A 70-year-old male client with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is hospitalized with an infected ulcer on his great right toe. Which instruction should the nurse emphasize during discharge teaching? - Check the insides and linings of all enclosed shoes before putting the shoes on A cardiac cather...

A 70-year-old client status post hip replacement is transferred to a rehabilitation facility. Which scale should the practical nurse (PN) identify as the best tool to predict the client's risk for developing skin breakdown? a. Braden Scale b. Morse Scale c. Aldrete Scale d. Wong-Baker Face ...

A client with eczema is using an over-the-counter (OTC) topical product with urea 10% OTC (Aqua Care Cream) to the affected skin areas. Which finding reflects the expected therapeutic response? - Hydration of affected dry skin areas (Photo) The charge nurse observes a newly employed nurse gathe...

A client with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) reports overhearing one of the other clients say that AML had a very poor prognosis. The client has understood that the client's physician informed the client that his physician told him that he has a good prognosis. Which is the nurse's best respons...

9 mL/hour - A client with deep vain thrombosis (DVT) is receiving a continues infusion of heparin sodium 25,000 unit in 5% dextrose injection 250ml. The prescription indicates the dosage should be increase 900 units/hr. The nurse should program the infusion pump to deliver how many ml/hr? a. ...