Your client’s blood type is AB. Which of the following blood types are compatible? (Select all that apply.)

As the nurse admits a patient with severe heart failure to the hospital, the patient tells the nurse, “If my heart or breathing stop, I do not want to be resuscitated.” Which action is best for the nurse to take?

The nurse is caring for a terminally ill patient who has 20-second periods of apnea followed by periods of deep and rapid breathing. The nurse documents this finding as

A patient with anemia is experiencing increased fatigue and with a heart rate of 110 and occasional palpitations at rest. The nurse would expect the patient’s laboratory findings to include

Which statement is the evidenced based scientific rationale for infusing a unit of blood in less than four hours?

The client has a hematocrit of 22 and a hemoglobin of 7.4 g/dl. There is a new order to give 2 units of packed red blood cells. Which of the following interventions should the nurse implement? (Select all that apply.)

What three questions does a root cause analysis try to answer?

A nurse has a patient with a central line which there is an order to use the SASH method on when administering medication.  Which of the following conditions would lead the nurse to question the order and contact the physician to advise?  

A root cause analysis has just been completed, and it is time to develop the action plan. Which is considered a “stronger action” to include in the action plan?

Your patient, Mrs. Johnson has advanced ovarian cancer.  She is expressing concern for her children who are cared for by her husband.  As her nurse, what is the most important intervention you can provide for her?