A middle-aged man is having increasing difficulty breathing.  The client never exercises, eats fast food regularly, and smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and tells the nurse practitioner that they want to change the way they live.  What is the best strategy for helping the client change their behaviors?

 A client who has been on a medication that caused diarrhea is now off the medication. What intervention could the nurse suggest to promote the return of normal flora?  

A client has a fractured rib and has an altered breathing pattern. The client is breathing less frequently and with less depth related to the pain.  What documentation is most appropriate for this assessment finding? 

The nurse auscultates vesicular breath sounds in the peripheral lung fields of both lungs. What action should the nurse take? 

Which nurses are acting as advocates for the client? Select all that apply.

Identify the appropriate pain scale for use with the following clients.

A competent client is scheduled for a colonoscopy. The nurse realizes immediately after administering medications to induce conscious sedation that the client has not signed the informed consent. What should the nurse do next?

Which of the following hypnotics is least likely to cause adverse reactions in the elderly?

Which example of documentation would be most appropriate and supports the nurse’s objective assessment data? 

When explaining the abnormal but often expected, clouding or opacity of the lens of the eye that occurs with aging, what is the most appropriate statement made by the nurse?