A client has been prescribed cimetidine for the treatment of peptic ulcer disease. When providing relevant health education for this client, the nurse should ensure the client is aware of what potential adverse effect?

A medical nurse is caring for a client with type 1 diabetes. The client’s medication administration record includes the administration of regular insulin three times daily. Knowing that the client’s lunch tray will arrive at 11:45 AM, when should the nurse administer the client’s insulin?

The home care nurse is assessing a client who requires home oxygen therapy. What criterion indicates that an oxygen concentrator will best meet the needs of the client in the home environment?

A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a patient with stage 3 HIV. After assessing the patient’s gastrointestinal system and analyzing the data, what is most likely to be the priority nursing diagnosis?

The nurse has implemented a bladder retraining program for an older adult client. The nurse places the client on a timed voiding schedule and performs an ultrasonic bladder scan after each void. The nurse notes that the client typically has approximately 50 mL of urine remaining in her bladder after voiding. What would be the nurse’s best response to this finding?

The nurse is auscultating the breath sounds of a client with pericarditis. What finding is most consistent with this diagnosis?

A 6-year-old child is brought to the pediatric clinic for the assessment of redness and discharge from the eye and is diagnosed with viral conjunctivitis. What is the most important information to discuss with the parents and child?

The nurse is assessing a client suspected of having developed acute glomerulonephritis. The nurse should expect to address what clinical manifestation that is characteristic of this health problem?

A nurse is caring for a critically ill client with autonomic dysreflexia. What clinical manifestations would the nurse expect in this client?

The nurse places a client in isolation. Isolation techniques have the potential to break the chain of infection by interfering with what component of the chain of infection?