The nurse associates which assessment finding in the diabetic patient with decreasing renal function

A widowed mother of 4 school-aged children is hospitalized with metastatic ovarian cancer. She is crying and tells the nurse that she does not know what will happen to her children when she dies. Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

The nurse is developing a care plan for a patient newly admitted to a unit that cares for patients with cognitive impairment.  What is an important component of care for the patients on this unit?

The hospice care nurse is conducting a spiritual care assessment.  Which statement is the scientific rationale for this intervention?

A 55-year-old female has uncontrolled hypertension. She presents to her primary care provider reporting impaired vision and chronic edema. Lab tests reveal that she also has renal insufficiency. While planning care, the nurse realizes the most likely cause for these findings is:

The nurse cares for a patient with lung cancer in a home hospice program. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

The client diagnosed with chronic back pain is being placed on a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) unit.  Which information should the nurse teach?

The nurse caring for a patient who has experienced a laparoscopic appendectomy.  The nurse recalls that this type of wound heals by:

The nursing diagnosis for a patient with mania is Imbalanced nutrition: less than body requirement related to caloric intake insufficient to balance with hyperactivity as evidenced by 5 pound weight loss in 4 days. Select the most appropriate outcome. The patient will:

A patient who uses a fentanyl patch for chronic cancer pain suddenly complains of rapid onset pain at a level 9 (0 to 10 scale) and requests “something for pain that will work now.” How will the nurse document the type of pain reported by this patient?