Q2. The nurse is caring for a client with Sickle Cell Diseases (SDC) in the medical-surgical unit. When advocating for this client, what additional medication will the nurse request from the physician?

Q7. The nurse is caring for a client with a history of kidney stones. The stones have been analyzed and are all composed of calcium phosphate. Based on this data, which foods should the nurse teach the client to avoid?

Q20. Nurses working with patients in pain need to recognize and avoid common misconceptions and myths about pain. In regard to the pain experience, which of the following is correct.

Q35. The nurse will be alert for which cues in a client admitted with acute diverticulitis. Select all that apply.

Q38.  A nurse is teaching a client who has a prescription of a nasogastric tube (NG) to treat a pyloric obstruction. Which of the following rationales for the use of the nasogastric tube should the nurse include in the teaching?

Q37.  A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following abdominal surgery. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse the client’s peristalsis is returning?

Q26 The nurse is providing care to a client who is experiencing urinary retention.  What diagnostic tool would the nurse anticipate using?

Q42.  Which menu choice by the patient with diverticulosis is best for preventing diverticulitis?

Q24.  The nurse is caring for a patient the first postoperative day following a laparotomy for a small bowel obstruction. The nurse notices new bright-red drainage about 5 cm in diameter on the dressing. Which action would the nurse take first?

Trauma requiring transfusion of 8 pints of blood is most likely to cause acute renal failire of ____________ origin.