A Latino client with schizophrenia is admitted to a mental health unit in an aggravated and disheveled state after failing to take prescribed medications for the last 5 days. When developing a plan of care that incorporates the clients’s cultural background, the nurse gives priority to:

The client is having delusions and believes he gets messages from God. What cognitive characteristics would the nurse expect the client to exhibit? 

If a client developed extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS), the nurse would interpret this as an indication of symptoms:

What are the three main parts of a typical fluoroscopic unit?

How often should quality control tests of fluoroscopic systems should be performed?

A nurse admits a patient from the emergency department. Patient data are listed below: History Physical Assessment Laboratory Values 70 years of ageHistory of diabetesOn insulin twice a dayReports new-onset dyspnea and productive cough Crackles and rhonchi heard throughout the lungsDullness to percussion LLLAfebrileOriented to person only WBC: 5,200/mm3 (5.2 ´ 109/L)PaO2 on room air 85 mm Hg What action by the nurse is the priority?

A patient with tuberculosis who is in respiratory isolation must go to the x-ray department. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

Mrs  Y. M.  Isick has end stage kidney disease.  She presents to your floor with Heart rate of 98, Respirations are deep with a rate of 30.  She is slightly confused, but easily reoriented.  Her physician orders dialysis for today.  Her ABG results are:  pH: 7.22,  C02: 35,  HC03: 18.   What condition is she in?

Which medication should the nurse anticipate administering to a patient with a pulmonary embolism?

A nurse is teaching a patient how to avoid contracting influenza and secondary bacterial infection. Which measures should be included in the instruction? (Select all that apply.)