A nursing student is giving to a client with heart failure a medication with a positive inotropic effect on the heart. The student asks what a “positive inotropic” effect is. The correct response would be which of the following?

A nurse is working as a triage nurse in the emergency department. Place the following patients in the order in which they should receive care.  1.    Infant with temperature of 103.2 actively having a seizure.2.    Male patient with acute pancreatitis who smells of alcohol.3.    Female with acute chest pain and reports of shortness of breath. 4.    Adolescent with a blood glucose level of 110 mg/dl.5.    Child with a non-life-threatening cut that needs stitches.

Interpret the following arterial blood gas: pH: 7.71, pCO2: 30, pO2: 65 HCO3: 24 

The nurse is providing information at a health fair about the risk factors for chronic kidney disease.  Which of the following conditions does the nurse include in the education session? Select all that apply

The nurse is caring for a client ordered warfarin 7.5 mg orally daily. The nurse understands it is imperative to monitor daily labs. What is the priority lab for this patient? 

A 60-year-old client has a hematocrit of 55% and a history of polycythemia vera. The nurse is explaining which cardiovascular complication is associated with this diagnosis? 

Anticholinergic agents administered during the treatment of Parkinson’s disease are given to control or minimize all of the following symptoms except:

A nurse is caring for a client in a coma secondary to brainstem injury.  Nursing interventions in the acute phase are directed toward the goal of:

Need answer A nurse is working on a cardiac telemetry unit. Which of the following rhythms requires immediate intervention?

The nurse is administering a stool softener to a client with increased ICP. The UAP asks the nurse why the client needs this medication. The nurse’s best response to the UAP is to educate them on which rationale for this intervention?