A patient is ready to discharge from the hospital to their home following a total hip arthroplasty. The nurse would ensure which of the following is available for the patient at the time of discharge?

A patient has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.32, PaO2 58 mmHg, PaCO2 55 mmHg, HCO3 22mEq/L and SaO2 86%. The nurse recognizes these values as evidence of:

An appropriate instruction for the client with diabetes related to the care of the feet is:

The nurse assesses a patient with a history of asthma. Which assessment finding indicates the nurse should take immediate action?

Which response from the patient with advanced osteoarthritis alerts the nurse to a problem coping with the image and role changes necessitated by disease progression?

Your client has been diagnosed with HIV. The physician will initiate ART (antiretroviral therapy) if which of the following occurs: (Select all that apply)

Based on the information in the accompanying figure obtained for a patient in the emergency room, which action should the nurse take first?

A patient is treated in the emergency department for shock following an automobile accident. The nurse knows that shock is a clinical syndrome in which cellular dysfunction and organ failure occur primarily as a result of:

Which information about a post-operative patient who underwent degenerative disk repair should the nurse immediately report to the health care provider?

During the assessment of a patient with hypoxemia, which early sign should the nurse expect to find?