When performing an assessment, the nurse detects a fruity odor on the client’s breath. What does the nurse do next?

Which statement by a client with type 2 diabetes indicates a need for further teaching about diabetic management and follow-up care?

A client has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Which medication is the nurse prepared to administer to treat the client’s bradycardia?

You have to administer Vancomycin 500 mg in 250 ml NS to infuse over 30 minutes. The medication is given every 8 hrs.a. What is the rate in ml/hr?b. How many milligrams does the patient receive daily of Vancomycin?

A client who has used insulin for diabetes control for 20 years has a spongy swelling at the site used most frequently for insulin injection. Which is the nurse’s best action?

In reviewing arterial blood gas results on a patient admitted with a severe influenza infection, the nurse correlates which value to the patients’ respiratory acidosis?

A client with diabetes has proliferative retinopathy, nephropathy, and peripheral neuropathy. Which statement by the client indicates a good understanding of the disease and exercise?

A client is admitted with end-stage cirrhosis and severe vomiting. Which problem should the nurse monitor the client most carefully for?

On the second postoperative day after a subtotal thyroidectomy, the client tells the nurse that he feels numbness and tingling around his mouth. Which is the nurse’s priority intervention?

The home care nurse finds a client who has diabetes awake and alert, but shaky, diaphoretic, and weak. The nurse gives the client cup of apple juice . The client’s clinical manifestations have not changed 5 minutes later. Which is the nurse’s best next action?