A nurse is measuring the blood pressure of a client who has a fractured femur. The blood pressure reading is 140/94 mm Hg, and the client denies any history of hypertension. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

What action by the nurse would be most important to do before giving a newly prescribed antibiotic to a client with a surgical incision that appears infected?

After identifying a specific protein associated with a medical problem, the corresponding gene can be identified with a _________, which is a radioactively or fluorescently tagged. 

The nurse caring for clients in a healthcare facility has to ensure that all the clients are assessed in the same way. Which assessment form should the nurse use to ensure that her clients are similarly assessed?

The nurse is preparing a client for surgery. Which item is most important to remove before sending the client to surgery?

The method used to produce the cloned sheep, Dolly, was

The nurse is caring for a client with a documented wound.  During the wound assessment the nurse documents the number of dressings and the frequency of dressing changes.  During the dressing change the nurse observes a drainage that appears clear.  The nurse documents this draining as:

The nurse is checking the laboratory results of client admitted to the medical unit.  The nurse is alerted to the presence of an infectious process based on the finding of:

When the genetic material of multiple organisms has been combined, it is called

_________ is having the genetic ability of embryonic stem cells to differentiate into any type of specialized cell