The nurse is teaching a postmenopausal client about the use of calcium to reduce the risk of osteoporosis.  The client asks: “Why do I have to take vitamin D with my calcium?”  What is the nurse’s best response?

A patient with chronic atrial fibrillation develops sudden severe pain, pulselessness, pallor, and coolness in the left leg. The nurse should:

A client with an ankle wound is admitted with possible osteomyelitis.  The client’s temperature is 102 degree F and the ankle is red, warm, swollen and is persistently draining.  Based on the client’s status, which HCP order should the nurse plan to defer until later? 

The surgical nurse is admitting a client to the operating room.  Which information would require the nurse to call a time-out?

During a routine health examination, a 48-year-old male patient is found to have a total cholesterol level of 224 mg/dl, a triglyceride level 180 mg/dl, and an LDL level of 140 mg/dl.  The nurse teaches the patient the diet of Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes.  Which statement would indicate the patient teaching has been effective. 

The physician orders lisinopril and furosemide to be administered concomitantly (same time) to the client with hypertension.  The nurse should:

The expected assessment findings for a client with Raynaud’s Phenomenon include (select all that apply): 

How would the nurse best describe the characteristics of primary hypertension to a client?

A client being treated for heart failure is administered IV furosemide.  Which outcome indicates that the medication has achieved the expected effect?

A client is in the hospital with his/her left leg in Buck’s traction.  The team leader asks the nurse to place a footplate on the affected side.  The purpose of this action is to: