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[Show more]The nurse is assessing a 48-year-old client with a history of smoking during a 
routine clinic visit. The client, who exercises regularly, reports having pain in the calf 
during exercise that disappears at rest. Which of the following findings requires further 
evaluation? 
1. Heart rate 57 bpm. 
2...
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Add to cartThe nurse is assessing a 48-year-old client with a history of smoking during a 
routine clinic visit. The client, who exercises regularly, reports having pain in the calf 
during exercise that disappears at rest. Which of the following findings requires further 
evaluation? 
1. Heart rate 57 bpm. 
2...
What instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a client who had a cataract extraction today? 
a. sexual activities may be resumed upon return home 
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting 
c. use a metal eye shield on operative eye during the day 
d. a...
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Add to cartWhat instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a client who had a cataract extraction today? 
a. sexual activities may be resumed upon return home 
b. light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting 
c. use a metal eye shield on operative eye during the day 
d. a...
What instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a client who had a cataract extraction today? 
Light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting 
 
 
 
A male adult comes to the urgent care clinic 5 days after being diagnose with influenza. He is short of breath, fe...
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Add to cartWhat instruction should the nurse include in the discharge teaching plan of a client who had a cataract extraction today? 
Light housekeeping is permitted but avoid heavy lifting 
 
 
 
A male adult comes to the urgent care clinic 5 days after being diagnose with influenza. He is short of breath, fe...
A client with a productive cough has obtained a sputum specimen for culture as instructed. What is the best initial nursing action? 
 
A. Administer the first dose of antibiotic therapy 
B. Observe the color, consistency, and amount of sputum 
C. Encourage the client to consume plenty of warm liquid...
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Add to cartA client with a productive cough has obtained a sputum specimen for culture as instructed. What is the best initial nursing action? 
 
A. Administer the first dose of antibiotic therapy 
B. Observe the color, consistency, and amount of sputum 
C. Encourage the client to consume plenty of warm liquid...
The nurse is preparing to assist a client with a cuffed tracheostomy tube to eat. What intervention is the priority before the client is permitted to drink or eat? 
Inflate the cuff 
 
Rationale: If a client with a tracheostomy is allowed to eat and the tracheostomy has a cuff, the nurse should infl...
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Add to cartThe nurse is preparing to assist a client with a cuffed tracheostomy tube to eat. What intervention is the priority before the client is permitted to drink or eat? 
Inflate the cuff 
 
Rationale: If a client with a tracheostomy is allowed to eat and the tracheostomy has a cuff, the nurse should infl...
A female client with a nasogastric tube attached to low suction states that she is nauseated. The nurse assesses that there has been no drainage through the nasogastric tube in the last 2 hours. Which action should the nurse take first? 
 
A. Irrigate the nasogastric tube with sterile normal saline....
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Add to cartA female client with a nasogastric tube attached to low suction states that she is nauseated. The nurse assesses that there has been no drainage through the nasogastric tube in the last 2 hours. Which action should the nurse take first? 
 
A. Irrigate the nasogastric tube with sterile normal saline....
While completing a health assessment for a young adult female with acute appendicitis, the client informs the nurse that there is a chance that she may be pregnant. The operating team is preparing to take the client to surgery. Which intervention should the nurse implement immediately? 
Perform a be...
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Add to cartWhile completing a health assessment for a young adult female with acute appendicitis, the client informs the nurse that there is a chance that she may be pregnant. The operating team is preparing to take the client to surgery. Which intervention should the nurse implement immediately? 
Perform a be...
The nurse is planning to initiate a socialization group for older residents of a long-term facility. Which information would be most useful to the nurse when planning activities for the group? 
A. The length of time each group member has resided at the nursing home. 
B. A brief description of each r...
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Add to cartThe nurse is planning to initiate a socialization group for older residents of a long-term facility. Which information would be most useful to the nurse when planning activities for the group? 
A. The length of time each group member has resided at the nursing home. 
B. A brief description of each r...
The nurse assesses a patient with shortness of breath for evidence of long-standing hypoxemia by inspecting: 
A. Chest excursion 
B. Spinal curvatures 
C. The respiratory pattern 
D. The fingernail and its base 
D. The fingernail and its base Clubbing, a sign of long-standing hypoxemia, is evidenced...
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Add to cartThe nurse assesses a patient with shortness of breath for evidence of long-standing hypoxemia by inspecting: 
A. Chest excursion 
B. Spinal curvatures 
C. The respiratory pattern 
D. The fingernail and its base 
D. The fingernail and its base Clubbing, a sign of long-standing hypoxemia, is evidenced...
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