A client has returned to his room following an esophagoscopy. Before offering fluids, the nurse should give priority to assessing the client's:

An infant is hospitalized for treatment of botulism. Which factor is associated with botulism in the infant?

The nurse performs an assessment on an elderly client. The nurse notes the client performs pill movement of the hand. The nurse suspects which disorder?

A client hospitalized with a fractured mandible is to be discharged. Which piece of equipment should be kept on the client with a fractured mandible?

A client with a subdural hematoma is receiving Mannitol and Lasix. The nurse recognizes that these two drugs are given to reverse which effect?

A client with suspected leukemia is about to undergo a bone marrow aspiration from the sternum. What position would the nurse assist the client into for this procedure?

At different stages of life, families must master certain developmental tasks in order to maintain psychological health. Families with young adults who are launching into society have family developmental tasks to master including:

A client has a chest tube placed for treatment of a pneumothorax. Which statement indicates the chest tube is ready to be removed?

Which religion believes that physical disease results from good or bad karma (result of acts previously committed)?

Family structure is the ordered set of relationships among family parts and between the family and other social systems. In determining the family structure, the nurse needs to identify the:

The nurse is helping a client to bed when the client begins having a generalized seizure. Which action should the nurse take first?

A patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus may require which change to his daily routine during periods of infection?

A 24-year-old female client is diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and requires an allogeneic bone marrow transplant. The nurse determines the client understands the treatment when the client states:

The 10-year-old is being treated for asthma. Before administering Theodur, the nurse should check the:

A client in the intensive care unit is alert and oriented, but loud and verbally abusive to all health care personnel who enter the client's room. Multiple staff members including the charge nurse have spoken to the client about the inappropriate behavior, but all attempts have been ineffective. The client has lorazepam (Ativan) IV ordered as needed for disorientation and agitation. Which client right would be violated if the nurse were to administer the medication to the client under these circumstances?

A 75-year-old client exhibits diminished but equal peripheral pulses and cool hands and feet. The nurse's most appropriate action is to:

A client has arrived in the preoperative area for knee surgery. The nurse asks the client to put an elastic stocking on the nonoperative leg. The client asks the nurse the purpose of the stockings. The nurse's best response is:

The most accurate information to give parents regarding when to engage a child in an organized athletic activity is:

The nurse knows that families require coping skills to manage illness recovery at home. Which is an appropriate coping skill shown by the family?

A heath care facility uses the self-scheduling method for nursing schedules and individual unit staffing. Each nurse pencils in the preferred schedule by order of seniority, then all nurses are responsible to adjust scheduled days to cover that unit's target number of licensed nurses per schedule. The assistant nurse manager approves each finalized schedule and makes minor adjustments if necessary. What concepts of staff management does the assistant nurse manager employ to achieve completion of the nursing schedule?

When assessing the urinary output of a client who has had extracorporeal lithotripsy, the nurse can expect to find:

The nurse has a pre-op order to administer Valium (diazepam) 10mg and Phenergan (promethazine) 25mg. The correct method of administering these medications is to:

A client with Addison's disease has a diagnosis of fluid volume deficit related to inadequate adrenal hormone secretion. Which fluids are most appropriate for the client with Addison's disease?

A patient, age 27, is admitted with complaints of severe fatigue, muscle weakness, and anorexia. He states he is recovering from the flu and has had severe nausea, frequent vomiting, and diarrhea. Blood is drawn for serum electrolyte measurements. Based on the patient's symptoms, which finding should the nurse expect the laboratory report to show?