The nurse is providing education to a client with hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and peripheral arterial disease.  The nurse identifies that the client is at risk of ineffective peripheral tissue perfusion. Which teaching would be most appropriate for this client?  

A 62-year-old male patient is recovering from a left MCA hemorrhagic stroke that resulted in right upper extremity weakness. Which of the following movements would give the therapist at least 78% confidence that in 3 months he will regain functional use of the right upper extremity?

Two patients, both recovering from a stroke, are undergoing physical therapy.  Ariana is a 50-year-old woman who is 4 months post-stroke. She attends physical therapy sessions two times a week at a rehabilitation center and follows a structured home exercise program.  Bill is a 55-year-old man from who is 8 months post-stroke. He also attends physical therapy two times a week at the same rehabilitation center and follows a similar home exercise program. Question: Which patient is most likely to experience more exponential progress in recovery over the next several months?  

A 68-year-old female patient is recovering from a right MCA stroke and has been noted to have left sided hemiparesis. She has been assessed with 2-/5 strength in her left quadriceps using the Manual Muscle Testing (MMT) scale. The patient has difficulty lifting her leg off the bed and performing basic movements such as sitting up from a supine position. Question: Given the patient’s 2-/5 MMT strength in the quadriceps, what would be the best physical therapy intervention to strengthen the quadriceps?

A patient developed a brief loss consciousness after a traumatic brain injury while skiing. The patient regained consciousness and appeared lucid for a short time, then suddenly became unresponsive again. What is the most likely cause of these findings?

Which of these options best represents a strategic action relatively to a tactical action?

A client that the nurse is caring for experiences a seizure.  What would be a priority nursing action?

Find functions f and g so that H(x) = (f ∘ g)(x).   Another way of writing it would be H(x) = ∣8x + 5∣ f(x)=[fx] g(x)=[gx]

Find the slope then describe what it means in terms of the rate of change of the dependent variable per unit change in the independent variable.The linear function f(x) = -9.4x + 31 models the percentage of people, f(x), who eat at fast food restaurants each week x years after 1998.

You are the charge nurse in the ED. You receive a call from dispatch informing you of an incident in which a number of patients have been contaminated with an unknown powder. What is your BEST instruction to dispatch?