A young woman is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). She has periods of relatively mild joint stiffness and pain interspersed with periods of increased symptom severity. A clinical finding consistent with the diagnosis of RA would be: 

The nurse reads in the electronic medical record that the patient has a diagnosis of hypertension stage 1. Which of the following blood pressure readings would support this diagnosis? 

The nurse completes an assessment on a client who states they have osteoarthritis (OA). Which assessment finding/clinical manifestation supports the diagnosis of OA? 

The nurse knows that the patient with the immune system disorder associated with HIV is: 

The acid-base status of a patient is dependent on normal gas exchange. Which patient would the nurse identify as having an increased risk for the development of respiratory acidosis? A patient with: 

A patient has a history of right sided heart failure caused by right ventricular myocardial infarction. In a focused assessment, the nurse will expect to see which clinical manifestations? 

The nurse is teaching a nursing home patient who is recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease about taking their medications. The nurse stresses the importance of taking the levodopa/carbidopa at the same time each day because: 

A teen newly diagnosed with asthma asks the nurse what causes asthma. The nurse would be correct in saying that asthma is thought to be caused by: 

A patient is diagnosed with orthostatic hypotension. Which of the following symptoms would the nurse most likely see? 

The patient with breast cancer tells the nurse that their cancer has metastasized. The nurse knows this means that: