A nurse is assessing a 28-year-old patient who presents with sudden onset, 9/10 right lower quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and a low-grade fever. On physical examination, the nurse notes severe tenderness and abdominal rigidity. What is the most likely cause of the patient’s symptoms?

A nurse is performing a skin assessment on an elderly patient who has been hospitalized for a week. The patient is at high risk for pressure ulcers due to immobility and poor nutritional status. During the assessment, the nurse notes redness and warmth over the patient’s heels, with non-blanchable erythema. Based on clinical judgment, which of the following actions should the nurse take? Select all that apply.

You are treating a 220-lb patient. The physician orders 8 mcg/kg/min of dopamine. You have a microdrip (60 drop) set, a 250-mL bag of D5W, and 400 mg of dopamine. How many drops will you administer?

A nurse is assessing a comatose client and notes the absence of a gag reflex. The nurse understands which cranial nerve is most likely affected?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis. The nurse would expect tenderness in which location?

Throughout an assessment the client’s ability to hear is assessed. What findings by the nurse would indicate a hearing deficit?

A nurse is completing an assessment. The nurse notes that the lymph nodes in the neck are enlarged, tender, and movable. What is the most likely cause of this finding?

A client asks the nurse what the difference is between a colonoscopy and a flexible sigmoidoscopy. Which statement provided by the nurse is most accurate?

 What medication is less effective in patients with decreased glycogen stores, such as those seen in alcoholics?

Bronchodilators such as albuterol, levalbuterol, and metaproterenol are associated under what classification?