NURSING 221

A nurse is assessing for compartment syndrome in a client who has a short leg cast. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a manifestation of this condition? A nurse is providing teaching to a clien ...

A nurse is assessing for compartment syndrome in a client who has a short leg cast. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a manifestation of this condition? A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a severe form of stage II Lyme disease. Which of the following statements made by the client reflects an understanding of the teaching? A nurse is preparing to administer phenytoin 600 mg PO daily to a client. The amount available is oral solution 125 mg/5 mL. How many mL should the nurse administer A nurse is caring for a client who has an arterial line. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? A nurse is updating the plan of care for a client who is receiving chemotherapy. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority? A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has systemic lupus erthematosus (SLE). Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? A nurse is planning care for a client who is postoperative following a parathyroidectomy. Which of the following actions should the nurse identify as the priority? A nurse is assessing a client who has diabetes insipidus. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has stage II cervical cancer and is scheduled for brachytherapy. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? A nurse is planning care for a client who is scheduled for a thoracentesis. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan? A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving a blood transfusion. The client becomes restless, dyspneic, and has crackles noted to the lung bases. Which of the following actions should the nurse anticipate taking? A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has end-stage kidney disease and is waiting for a kidney transplant. Which of the following information should the nurse provide? A nurse is caring for a client who has hypothyroidism. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse expect? A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is scheduled for a mastectomy. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? A nurse is caring for a client who had a nephrostomy tube inserted 12 hr ago. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? A nurse is teaching a family about the care of a patient who has a new diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? A nurse is caring for a client who has breast cancer and tells the nurse that they would like to have acupunture because it provides greater relief than pain medication. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? A nurse is caring for a client following extubation of an edotracheal tube 10 min ago. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider immediately? A nurse is reviewing the laboratory findings of a client who developed chest pain 6 hr ago. The nurse should identify which of the following findings as an indication of a myocardial infarction (MI)? A nurse is preparing to administer a blood transfusion to a client who has anemia. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? A nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of a client who has aplastic anemia. Which of the following findings indicates a potential complication? A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who is postoperative following a modified radical mastectomy. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? A nurse is preparing to present a program about prevention of atherosclerosis at a health far. Which of the following recommendations should the nurse plan to include? (Select all that apply.) A nurse is caring for a client who has homonymous hemianopsia as a result of a stroke. To reduce the risk of falls when ambulating, the nurse should provide which of the following instructions to the client? A nurse is caring for a client who has a pneumothorax and a closed-chest drainage system. Which of the following findings is an indication of lung re-expansion? A nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client who is to self-administer heparin subcutaneously. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? A nurse is providing follow-up care for a client who is sustained a compound fracture 3 weeks ago. The nurse should recognize that an unexpected finding for which of the following laboratory values is a manifestation of osteomyelitis and should be reported to the provider? A nurse is performing a preoperative assessment for a client. The nurse should identify that an allergy to which of the following foods can indicate a latex allergy? A nurse is caring for a client who has DKA. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the client's condition is improving? A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Which of the following should the nurse plan to administer? A nurse is evaluating the plan of care for four clients after 2 days of hospitalization. The nurse should identify the need to revise the plan for which of the following clients? A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new prescription for psyllium. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching? A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who has laryngeal cancer and is receiving radiation therapy. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching? A nurse is admitting a client who has active tuberculosis. Which of the following types of transmission precautions should the nurse initiate? A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has osteomyelitis and a prescription for gentamicin. Which of the following findings from the client's medical record should indicate to the nurse the need to withhold the medication and notify the provider? A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is perimenopausal and has a prescription for hormone replacement therapy. For which of the following adverse effects should the nurse instruct the client to notify the provider? (Select all that apply.) A nurse is planning discharge teaching for a client who has an external fixation device for a fracture of the lower extremity. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the plan of care? A nurse is teaching a group of newly licensed nurses about pain management for older adult clients. Which of the following statements by a newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching? A nurse is teaching a group of newly licensed nurses about pain management for older adult clients. Which of the following statements by a newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the teaching? A nurse is caring for a client who has a cervical spinal cord injury sustained 1 month ago. Which of the following manifestations indicates that the client is experiencing autonomic dysreflexia (AD)? A nurse is assessing a client who has advanced lung cancer and is receiving palliative care. The client has just undergone thoracentesis. The nurse should expect a reduction in which of the following common manifestations of advanced cancer? A nurse is providing teaching to a client who takes ginkgo biloba as an herbal supplement. which of the following statements should the nurse