A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the risk factors for dehiscence for clients who have surgical incisions. Which of the following factors should the nurse include in the teaching? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is caring for a client who is about to undergo an elective surgical procedure. The nurse should take which of the following actions regarding informed consent? Select all that apply.

What is the nursing priority when a client with methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infected open wound is newly admitted to your hospital?

The nurse finds a patient unresponsive in the hospital bed, yells for help and initiates CPR. When assessing the patient’s pulse, the nurse is using the following assessment technique:

A client is on bedrest, and an enema has been ordered. In what position should the nurse position the client?

A patient is taking a diuretic such as Lasix. When implementing patient teaching, what information should be included?

The nurse is preparing a patient for a computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen. Patients must be NPO for 8 hours and void several minutes before the test. Which statement by the nurse is best to help prepare the patient?

A client, scheduled for open-heart surgery, tells the nurse he does not want to be “saved” if he dies during surgery. What should the nurse do next?

The RN is admitting a patient to a medical unit. The nurse delegates the measurement of the vital signs to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). After completing the admission process, the patient complains of a severe headache so the nurse reassesses the vital signs to find the patient’s blood pressure extremely elevated. Whose responsibility is the accuracy of the blood pressure measurement?

What diagnosis is a large emboli which obstructs the main pulmonary artery called?