A client with a history of peptic ulcer disease is admitted to the hospital. Initial assessment reveals that the blood pressure is 96/60 mm Hg, with a heart rate of 120 bpm. The client just vomited coffee-ground–like material. Based on these data, what should the nurse do first?

Nurse Sara is administering an intermittent enteral feeding of 360ml of formula through a nasogastric tube. To decrease the risk of aspiration Nurse Sara should:

A charge nurse asks a newly graduated registered nurse (RN) who normally works on a medical-surgical nursing unit to take care of two clients in the coronary care unit. The nurse has not had experience with taking care of clients on monitors or using the medications that these clients are taking. What should the new nurse do?

The nurse is preparing to administer benazepril to a client with hypertension. To help minimize potential adverse effects, the nurse should review which laboratory result(s)? Select all that apply.

Nurse Sanzi is assigned to four patients who have been diagnosed with gastric ulcers. Which one of the patients should Nurse Sanzi conclude is most at risk to develop gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding? 

The nurse assesses a client who is receiving a tube feeding. Which situation would require prompt intervention from the nurse?

When caring for a client with hepatitis B, which situation would expose the nurse to the virus?

While the nurse is assisting a client to ambulate as part of a cardiac rehabilitation program, the client has midsternal burning. What should the nurse do next?

Following cardiac bypass surgery, the client has been referred to a cardiac rehabilitation exercise program. The client has type 1 diabetes and has bilateral leg discomfort with walking. The client is exercising using a stationary bicycle. The nurse should evaluate the client’s response to exercise by assessing the presence of which condition?

A patient with myocardial infarction suddenly becomes tachycardic, shows signs if air hunger and begins coughing frothy, pink-tinged sputum.  Which finding would the nurse anticipate when auscultating the client’s breath sounds?