The nurse is educating a client who has just returned from surgery about the purpose of a neurovascular assessment. The nurse explains that the assessment includes skin color, skin temperature, sensation, movement, and perfusion (pulses and capillary refill). Which additional component should the nurse include?

As the patient’s nurse, you are planning short-term goals for a patient with diabetic neuropathy. Which goal is realistic and measurable?

Which of the following are considered expected physiological changes in aging? Choose all that apply. 

The nurse is educating the family of a client with a suspected hemorrhagic stroke about diagnostic testing. Which diagnostic test should the nurse explain will most likely be performed first?

A patient is admitted to the hospital for treatment of pneumonia. Which nursing assessment finding best indicates that the patient is responding to antibiotics?

A client has experienced a fall. Which of the following assessments should the nurse include after the fall? Select all that apply.

Due to your patient’s assessment cues what recommendation would your give to the provider in your SBAR?

A patient is admitted to the medical-surgical unit for the treatment of pneumonia. Upon assessment of this patient which of the following would the nurse most expect to find.

A patient has chronic bronchitis (COPD). The nurse plans interventions for inadequate oxygenation due to ineffective airway clearance based on which set of clinical manifestations?

The nurse is teaching a newly diagnosed patient with emphysema about characteristics of this disorder. The nurse explains that all of the following are characteristics of emphysema except: