The nurse is performing a physical exam on a 30-year-old client in the Emergency Department.  The client complains of abdominal pain that started as dull, diffuse pain in the epigastric and periumbilical region that later shifted to severe, sharp, persistent pain localized in the RLQ. The pain is aggravated by movement and deep breathing.  The client also has nausea and vomiting. Which assessment findings would the nurse also expect? (Select 2 answers that apply)

To assess the dorsalis pedis, the nurse would palpate:

Upon inspection of a patient’s abdomen, the nurse notes an area of increased vascular pulsation.  What is the correct action by the nurse?

A client has been admitted to the hospital with an exacerbation of Heart Failure (HF). After three (3) days of treatment in the hospital the nurse notes that the previously audible S3 is now gone. The nurse would recognize this as:

A client is going natural without pain medications and is laboring at home with a doula and a midwife. She has been sitting in a hot tub for an hour and is very uncomfortable. She begins to run a low-grade fever. Her bag of water is intact. The midwife encourages her to

When assessing the behavior of a newborn, the nurse tests for habituation by

The nurse is caring for a client who delivered a preterm neonate at 28 weeks gestational age. The client was hospitalized with a preterm premature rupture of membranes. She is one-day post vaginal delivery. Her uterus is tender and she has a temperature of 101o F (38.3o C). She is tachycardic with flu-like symptoms. The client is being treated with intravenous fluids, broad-spectrum antibiotics, and acetaminophen. She is bleeding more than expected, and the fundus is somewhat boggy. The nurse suspects the client may have

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits job discrimination on the basis of merit.​

Which of the following are possible types of hypoxia? I.          Hypoxic II.         Anemic III.       Hypoxemic IV.       Histotoxic

Carbon Monoxide causes which type of tissue hypoxia?