You are the nurse caring for the four patients listed below. Review the information about these patients and use the drop-down menus to correctly complete the sentence below.  Patient 1: 63-year-old male with a cast on his left leg who reports feeling a “hot spot” under his cast. Patient 2: 32-year-old female in Buck’s traction and reports pain of 8/10. Patient 3: 58-year-old male with a left femur fracture, now reporting severe unrelieved pain along with pressure and paresthesia to the left lower extremity. Patient 4: 73-year-old female with a left knee arthroplasty that has not voided in 3 hours and is now requesting assistance to the bedside commode.   The patient that you need to see most urgently is and this patient is most likely experiencing complications related to .

A nurse is assessing a newborn. Which of the following should the nurse understand is a clinical manifestation of pyloric stenosis?

A 28-year-old male patient is diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. Which of the following is the priority nursing intervention for this patient?

Select the arterial blood gas that shows respiratory acidosis with hypoxemia?

A 55-year-old patient with newly diagnosed hypertension asks what lifestyle changes can help lower blood pressure. He currently smokes, drinks alcohol socially, and exercises occasionally.  What is the most appropriate nursing response?

A 70-year-old male presents to the emergency department with a blood pressure of 210/120 mmHg, blurred vision, and confusion. He has a history of poorly controlled hypertension. What is the nurse’s priority action?

A change in color in center of an artery, as seen in the image below represents…

Noise caused by tissue vibration produced by blood flow turbulence is called a ________________.

Which direction is the blood flowing in this image… right to left or left to right?

How many milliliters are in one liter?  _______