The home care nurse visits a client with chronic pain related to bone cancer who is prescribed a fentanyl patch q3 days and sublingual MS-Contin (morphine) q3h prn for breakthrough pain. Which is of most concern to the nurse?  

The nurse in a long-term care facility asks the residents what shirt they would like to wear. According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, what level of need is the nurse addressing?  

During a routine examination, a mother tells the nurse that her toddler refuses to sit at the table for more than five minutes and would rather snack than eat a meal. The nurse recommends to  

A client is taking Percocet (oxycodone/acetaminophen) for chronic pain. The nurse teaches the client to  

Which objective data indicates the client is experiencing the effects of chronic stress?  

A client has a continuous intravenous fluid infusing. When making hourly rounds, the nurse notes the site is warm, red, and swollen. What should be the nurse’s next action?  

When managing chronic pain, the nurse knows which guideline is most important to consider when administering analgesic pain medications?  

CNS inflammation and neurodegeneration are key components of multiple sclerosis (MS). The traditional view of MS was that it is a T-cell mediated disease. The understanding of B cells in disease pathophysiology is growing. What is the role of B cells in MS?

Select the correct choice of the possible answers in parenthesis.  Astrocyte end-feet envelope __________ (more, less) than 50% of microvessels in the CNS.

Which of the following cerebrospinal fluid findings would help support the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis?