An elderly patient developed pneumonia.  Which of the following would most likely develop first?

A patient with a productive cough, chills, and night sweats is suspected of having active tuberculosis.  What should the nurse do first?

 Your job as the research director in the Alabama Department of Youth Services is to advise the Director which policies to follow. In the past, you have heard that some institutions have had as many as 80 disturbances in a year.  The average number of disturbances (riots, stabbings, fights, etc.) per year per institution, though, is 35, with a standard deviation of 7.0.  The distribution is normal.  Answer the following questions.   a) What is the z-score for an institution that had 40 disturbances in one year?  What does this z-score indicate?   b) You want to give raises to the wardens in the prisons that have disturbances in the bottom 15% of the distribution, and fire the wardens in prisons in the top 15%.  What number of disturbances will be the cut-off for each of these decisions?   c) What is the probability that an institution would have 40 or more disturbances?   d) What is the probability that an institution would have 36 or fewer disturbances?  

The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) reports to the registered nurse that a client admitted with pneumonia is very diaphoretic. The nurse reviews the following vital signs in the chart obtained by the UAP.  The nurse should do which of the following? (Select all that apply) Time 0800 1000 1200 Temp 100.9   101.8 Pulse 90 104 118 Resp 16 18 24 BP 112/74 110/68 96/64 SpO2 93% 92% 92%

The nurse is assisting with resuscitation of a client.  What priority intervention does the nurse perform before defibrillating the client?

The nurse is caring for a group of clients on a pulmonary unit.  The nurse can delegate which task to an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP)?

A nurse is teaching a client who has emphysema about self-management strategies.  Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

True or False. Grammar

A client has been in an automobile accident and the nurse is assessing for possible pneumothorax.  What finding should the nurse immediately report to the health care provider?

A client is ready to go home after a myocardial infarction (MI).  The client is asking questions about his medications and wants to know why metoprolol (Lopressor) was prescribed.  The nurse’s best response would be which of the following?