- Azithromycin is prescribed for an adolescent female who has lower lobe pneumonia and recurrentchlamydia. What information is most important for the nurse to provide to this client?
- Which action should the school nurse take first when conducting a screening for scoliosis?
- A client in the emergency center demonstrates rapid speech, flight of ideas, and reportssleeping only three hours during the past 48h. Based on these finding, it is most important for the nurseto review the laboratory value for which medication?
- A client was admitted to the cardiac observation unit 2 hours ago complaining of chest pain.On admission, the client's EKG showed bradycardia, ST depression, but no ventricularectopy. The client suddenly reports a sharp increase in pain, telling the nurse, "I feel likean elephant just stepped on my chest" The EKG now shows Q waves and ST segmentelevations in the anterior leads. What intervention should the nurse perform?
- The nurse is preparing to administer an oral antibiotic to a client with unilateral weakness, mouthdroop, ptosis, and aspiration PNA. What is the priority nursing assessment that should be done beforeadministering this medication?
- After a sudden loss of consciousness, a female client is taken to the ED and initial assessment indicatethat her blood glucose level is critically low. Once her glucose level is stabilized, the client reports that wasrecently diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and is being treated at an outpatient clinic. Which intervention ismore important to include in this client's discharge plan?
- A male client who is admitted to the mental health unit for treatment of bipolar disorderhas a slightly slurred speech pattern and an unsteady gait. Which assessment finding is mostimportant for the nurse to report to the healthcare provider?
- A female client reports she has not had a bowel movement for 3 days, but now is defecating frequentsmall amount of liquid stool. Which action should the nurse implement?
- A 10 year old who has terminal brain cancer asks the nurse, "What will happen to my body when Idie?" How should the nurse respond?
- A school nurse is called to the soccer field because a child has a nose bleed (epistaxis). In what positionshould the nurse place the child?
- The nurse should teach the parents of a 6 year-old recently diagnosed with asthma that the symptom ofacute episode of asthma are due to which physiological response?
- The nurse administers an antibiotic to a client with respiratory tract infection. To evaluate themedication's effectiveness, which laboratory values should the nurse monitor? (Select all that apply)
- A client is admitted to the intensive care unit with diabetes insipidus due to a pituitary gland tumor.Which potential complication should the nurse monitor closely?
- The nurse is assessing a 3 month old infant who had a pylortomy yesterday. This child should bemedicated for pain based on which findings? (Select all that apply)
- An unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) assigned to obtain client vital signs reports to the charge nursethat a client has a weak pulse with a rate of 44 beat/ minutes. What action should the charge nurse implement?
- A female client with breast cancer who completed her first chemotherapy treatment today at an outpatientcenter is preparing for discharge. Which behavior indicates that the client understands her care needs?
- A client with a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) line has a fever. What client assessmentis most important for the nurse to perform?
- A client is admitted to isolation with the diagnosis of active tuberculosis. Which infection controlmeasures should the nurse implement?
- Which instruction should the nurse provide a pregnant client who is complaining of heartburn?
- A young adult who is hit with a baseball bat on the temporal area of the left skull is conscious whenadmitted to the ED and is transferred to the Neurological Unit to be monitored for signs of closed head injury.Which assessment finding is indicative of a developing epidural hematoma?