The nurse is caring for a client who has been receiving hemodialysis for three months, due to their recent diagnosis of renal failure. The client reports feeling angry whenever it is time for dialysis. The nurse understands the clients’ feelings can be attributed to…

Identify the client’s disorder from the nursing progress notes. Progress Note Date:      06/24/2024   Time: 04:25 The client woke and exhibited the following complaints: “midsternal chest pain, heart racing, difficulty breathing, a choking sensation in their throat, diaphoresis, a sensation like they might die”. BP 158/80, P 110, R 24, O2 sat on room air 99%, Administer lorazepam 2 mg PO and sat with client until symptom relief verbalized. Susan B. Quartermain, RN

A nurse is assessing a client undergoing a left lobectomy to treat lung cancer. The client tells the nurse they are scared and wishes they had never smoked. Which response should the nurse make?

The nurse is caring for a client with minor injuries from a motor vehicle accident. The client’s spouse was killed in the accident. Which adverse effect from the accident should the nurse be most concerned about?

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse actions to take if a client threatens to harm a specific individual. Which statement by the newly licensed nurse indicates understanding?

A nurse is caring for a minor client who has a history of violent behavior. The client has asked the nurse to keep confidential information about the desire to kill several classmates and a schoolteacher. Which is the BEST response by the nurse?

A nurse is caring for a client with the diagnosis HIV. They state, “I don’t care what the doctors say, there is no way I can have HIV! I don’t need treatment for something I don’t have!” The nurse identifies the client is experiencing which type of crisis?

A nurse is caring for a client who has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Which actions by the client are consistent with someone with OCD? Select all that apply.

A nurse observes a client’s spouse sitting alone in the waiting room crying. The spouse says, “I am really concerned about my husband.” Which response by the nurse is therapeutic?

Thrombocytopenia is a condition in which there is an abnormally low concentration of platelets in the blood. What would be a consequence of this condition?