A pregnant patient confides to the nurse that she is eating clay on a daily basis. The nurse should recommend assessing the patient for:

A nurse at a prenatal clinic is caring for a client who is in the first trimester of pregnancy. The client tells the nurse that she is upset because, although she and her husband planned this pregnancy, she has been having many doubts and second thoughts about the upcoming changes in her life. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?

Describe the benefit of using a standard font or character set (Unicode font) that includes the IPA symbols on your computer. 

Here are the most-common IPA symbols needed for transcription questions. You may copy and paste the symbols as needed from here: ɪ  ɛ  ʊ  ɔ  ɑ  ə  ʌ  ɚ  ɝ  æ  a  ŋ  θ  ʃ  ʒ  ʧ  ʤ  ɹ

What is the name of the font or character set that includes symbols to represent essentially all of the world’s languages?

The HCP orders Dialudid 2 mg PO every 2 hours as needed for post surgical pain.  Available is 2 mg/tablet.  How many tablet will the nurse give per dose?

A nurse is reviewing the diagnostic test results of an older adult female client who is preoperative for a knee arthroplasty. The nurse should notify the surgeon of which of the following results?

A patient with B- blood needs a blood transfusion.  What blood type can this patient receive?

On admission of a patient to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU), the blood pressure (BP) is 122/72 mm Hg. Thirty minutes after admission, the BP is 114/62, with a pulse of 74 and warm, dry skin. Which action by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse is assessing a patient who is receiving a blood transfusion and finds that the patient is anxiously fidgeting in bed.  The patient is afebrile and dyspneic.  The nurse auscultates crackles in both lung bases and sees jugular vein distention.  On which transfusion complication will the nurse focus interventions?