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A nurse is completing a community health assessment for a 34-year-old client. The client reports living in public housing near a manufacturing plant, having no reliable transportation to appointments, being uninsured after recently losing her job, and having only a middle-school education. Which of these findings represent Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) that the nurse should document as factors impacting this client’s health outcomes? Select all that apply.  

A patient is admitted to the emergency department after experiencing persistent vomiting for 3 days. The patient is weak and lethargic and reports dizziness when standing. The patient has shallow breaths with a respiratory rate of 10/min. Which arterial blood gas (ABG) results should the nurse anticipate?

A patient is diagnosed with acute decompensated heart failure. Laboratory results show a significantly elevated B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) level. BNP is released by the ventricles in response to increased wall stretch from volume and pressure overload. Which physiological effect should the nurse anticipate as a direct action of BNP?  

A 58 year old female patient was started on atorvastatin 20 mg po daily four weeks ago.  She calls the clinic today and tells the nurse, “My upper arms and thighs have been aching and throbbing for the past few days.  I am thinking of stopping my cholesterol pill.”  The nurse reviews her chart and notes she has a follow up appointment scheduled in 2 months for lab work. What is the nurse’s priority response? 

A nurse is performing a cardiovascular assessment on an adult client. While systematically auscultating the four cardiac valve areas, the nurse identifies a murmur that is loudest at the fifth intercostal space along the left midclavicular line. Based on the location of the abnormal heart sound, which cardiac valve is the nurse assessing most directly?  

The provider orders ceftriaxone 0.5 g IM stat for a patient diagnosed with pelvic inflammatory disease. The nurse retrieves a vial of ceftriaxone powder. The label directions read: “For IM administration, reconstitute with 3.6 mL of 1% Lidocaine HCl. The resulting solution contains 250 mg per mL.” How many milliliters (mL) will the nurse administer?  Round to the nearest tenth. Enter the number only.

A 32-year-old client is brought to the emergency department after blunt chest trauma in a motor-vehicle crash. The client initially reports right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. During the assessment, the nurse notes increasing respiratory distress: HR 124/min RR 32/min and shallow BP 86/52 mm Hg SpO₂ 84% on room air Breath sounds absent on the right and present on the left Trachea deviated to the left Neck veins distended What should the nurse do first?  

A nurse is completing a health history on a 58-year-old male client during a wellness visit. The client reports the following: he smokes one pack of cigarettes per day, his father died of a myocardial infarction at age 52, he works a sedentary desk job and rarely exercises, his BMI is 34, his LDL cholesterol is elevated, he is African American, and he was recently diagnosed with hypertension. Based on this history, which risk factors for cardiopulmonary disease should the nurse identify as MODIFIABLE — meaning appropriate targets for a nurse-led teaching and intervention plan? Select all that apply.