Nursing students are learning about age related changes in the older adult. The faculty knows the students need no further teaching when they verbalize what age-related changes occur in all older adults?

When completing the head and neck assessment, what finding should the RN anticipate on examination of a client with suspected Bell’s palsy?

The nurse is preparing to discharge an elderly client home after having surgery to set a broken leg. During the conversation with the client the nurse discovers that the client lives alone and the only family lives 4 hours away. What is the priority concern before sending this client home?

A nurse is teaching a group of adults at a health care clinic about heart disease. Which ethnic group has the highest number of premature deaths due to heart disease?

A client has been admitted to the med/surg floor. Upon assessment the nurse identifies a respiratory rate of 15 breaths per minute. The nurse would document this as what type of respirations?

The nurse is teaching a client about the risk of colon cancer. Which of the following health-history components should the nurse prioritize?

What assessment findings indicate that the patient is experiencing an acute disturbance in oxygenation and requires immediate intervention? (Select all that apply.)

What is coughing up blood?

When taking an adult blood pressure, the onset of the sound the nurse hears is at 138, the muffled sound the nurse hears it at 70, and the disappearance of the sound the nurse hears is at 62. How should the nurse record this finding?

A nurse notices that a patient seems calm and peaceful despite an assessment that the patient’s injuries might be causing severe pain. The patient tells the nurse that using yoga and meditation lessens the perceptions of pain to tolerable levels. Which other alternative intervention should the nurse suggest to help relax this patient for pain relief?