The nurse is providing patient care on a heart failure unit.  After receiving change-of-shift report, which patient should the nurse assess first?

A patient arrives to the dermatology clinic to investigate the above skin problem on the right upper arm. The nurse presumes a diagnosis of melanoma when the patient states [statement] and anticipates a(n) [procedure].

When caring for a patient who has just arrived on the medical-surgical unit after having a biventricular pacemaker insertion for advanced heart failure, which nursing intervention should the nurse delegate to a licensed practical nurse (LPN)?

A home health nurse is making a home visit to a patient who has heart failure. The patient takes the following medications: 10 mg lisinopril at bedtime; 12.5 mg metoprolol twice daily; furosemide 20 mg daily; rosuvastatin 5 mg at bedtime; aspirin 81 mg daily; and calcium/vitamin D capsule daily. Which of the following cues should the nurse recognize as indicating the patient is decompensating?

Which of the following is a normal compensatory response to decreased cardiac output?

A patient with stage 5 renal failure complains of pruritis. Which statement by the patient demonstrates understanding of how to treat this at home?

  Based on the information provided above in the EHR, the nurse knows that the likely diagnosis is [diagnosis] due to likely [pathogen] and anticipates an acute complication of [complication] based on [labvalue].

Patients who are critically ill or immobile are at high risk for pressure injury and impaired skin integrity. Which interventions help to identify and/or prevent injuries from occurring?

A 43‑year‑old patient asks about “the most lethal cancer” in women. The NP, who practices in the US, would reply that the greatest risk of cancer‑related death is associated with:

A child’s neuroblastoma shows hundreds of extra N‑MYC copies. This DNA change is best termed: