The nurse provides an in-service on thyroid disorders. The nurse is discussing the formation of goiters. Someone asked the nurse, “What is the common cause of goiters”? Which statement by the nurse is the BEST response?

A healthcare team is managing the care for a client with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. During the team conference, a newly hired nurse indicated they have never cared for a client with Alzheimer’s disease. Which key point about the disease should the team include in when teaching this nurse?

The nurse is providing wound care instructions to a group of post operative clients. The nurse identifies a client who may be at risk for ineffective would healing. Which client does the nurse understand is at HIGHEST risk for alterations in wound healing?

A nurse is providing palliative care to a client with a diagnosis of end-stage-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). What is the nurse’s primary goal for the management of this client? 

The client is to receive 250 mg IM of methylprednisolone (Solu-Medrol) BID. How many mL will the nurse administer for each dose? 

A nurse is preparing to discharge a client hospitalized for an exacerbation of chronic gastritis. What health prevention should the nurse emphasize when reviewing the client’s discharge instructions?

The nurse is caring for a client recently diagnosed with diabetes insipidus. The nurse is reviewing the results of the urine analysis. What is an expected urinalysis finding?

The nurse enters a room to assess a post-operative client and finds the surgical dressing is covered in blood. The client is lethargic, skin is pale and cool, with a rapid thready pulse. The nurse suspects the client has a post-operative hemorrhage. What should be the nurse’s FIRST action?

The nurse caring for an insulin dependent client who returned to the unit following abdominal surgery. The PACU nurse reported there were no adverse events during and immediately after surgery. On initial assessment the client is still lethargic from the anesthesia and the pain medication they received in the PACU. The rest of the assessment was unremarkable. The nurse reassesses the client 30 minutes later. Which of the assessment findings would the nurse be MOST concerned with during this assessment? Select All That Apply.

The UAP has just taken blood pressure of a client who is post-operative thyroidectomy. The UAP reports that the client’s hand had become deformed when the blood pressure was taken. Which intervention should the nurse do FIRST?