A client with a hiatal hernia chornically experiences heartburn following meals. The nurse should plan to teach the client to avoid which action because it is contraindicated with a hiatal hernia?

The nurse determines the client needs further instruction on cimetidine (tagament) if which of the statements were made? (Select all that apply)

To determine whether the problem is currently active, the nurse should assess the client for which symptom of duodenal ulcer?

A nurse instructs a client with COPD to use the pursed-lip method of breathing and the client asks the nurse about the purpose of this type of breathing. The nurse responds, knowing that the primary purpose of pursed-lip breathing is to:

What signs and symptoms would the nurse expect to find in a client diagnosed with an acute exacerbation of asthma?

Your client is admitted with a pulmonary embolism and a heparin infusion is ordered. The order is for 1400 units per hour to be administered. Available from pharmacy is 25,000 units of heparin in 500 milliliters (mL) of normal saline. The nurse would set the infusion pump to deliver how many milliliters (mL) per hour? _______

Your post-op client on bedrest is prescribed Lovenox 1mg/kg subcutaneously every day. Your client weighs 287 pounds. The dose on hand in a syringe is labeled 150mg/mL. How many milliliters will you administer to your client? Round to the nearest hundredth. _______

The charge nurse is making rounds on the unit. Which client should the charge nurse assess first?

Which of the following laboratory findings would the nurse expect to find in a client with acute diverticulitis?  

The nurse is assigned to four clients who were diagnosed with gastric ulcers. Which client should be the nurse’s highest priority when monitoring for gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding?