Drug half-life is defined as the amount of time required for 50% of a drug to:

The nurse is caring for a client who recently received a kidney transplant. The nurse is preparing the client for discharge home. Which of the following statements by the client indicates that the teaching session was effective?

The nurse is caring for a client in the intensive care unit in Bed 2.  The client is admitted with a traumatic brain injury and has an increased intracranial pressure.  The provider calls the unit and tells the unit secretary, he is on his way in to perform a lumbar puncture on Bed 2. The best action by the nurse is to 

A burn client is brought to the ER with 25% TBSA from a home fire.  The  nurse reviews the lab results and would expect to note which of the following as significant:

The client was found to have very high cholesterol levels.  The nurse develops a teaching plan for primary prevention. That plan encourages the client to reduce her intake of:

The critical care client is placed on IV glucocorticoids.  The nurse monitors the client for which one of the following side effects associated with this medication?  

The nurse is caring for a client admitted due to a traumatic brain injury requiring a craniotomy to evacuate cerebral bleeding.  The post-operative orders include 3% Normal Saline, Mannitol, and elevation of the head of bed.  The nurse evaluates that the interventions are effective, when the client experiences:

A client has just been admitted with an electrolyte imbalance and a diagnosisof congestive heart failure (CHF). He also suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and is talking to himself, cowering in this room and getting out of bed and urinating on the floor.  The nurse can handle the voiding problem best by:

Family members of a client on a mechanical ventilator are visibly anxious and upset about the client’s condition.  A nurse would plan to do which of the following to provide the best support to the family:

Referencing the diagram in question #19, above, which car spends more time in the air, from the edge of the cliff to the ground below?