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While caring for a patient on an intravenous (IV) catheter, the nurse finds redness, heat, and swelling at the catheter-skin entry point with purulent drainage. Which nursing intervention would be beneficial for the patient?

A diabetic patient fasting before surgery reports feeling dizzy with deep, rapid breathing. A nurse observes that the patient has developed Kussmaul respirations. What condition is the patient most likely experiencing?

The nurse is assessing a patient’s serum electrolyte values upon admission to the medical-surgical unit. Which value would cause the nurse to monitor the patient for dehydration?

 A client has a decreased serum sodium level. The nurse has initiated a slow IV infusion of hypertonic saline solution per IV pump in a large vein. Which other intervention should the nurse implement as a priority?

The nurse is reviewing the mechanisms of acid-base buffers in the body. The kidneys act as an acid-base buffer by which of these mechanisms? Select all that apply.

A patient with gastroenteritis has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.30, PaO 2 80 mm Hg, PaCO 2 46 mm Hg, HCO 314. What does the nurse determine that these results indicate?

The nurse is caring for a patient who was brought to the ER after overdosing on narcotic pain medication. The patient was found unresponsive with no respirations. Arterial blood gases were drawn shortly after the patient’s arrival to the hospital. Which results will the nurse expect to see?

The emergency room nurse is caring for a patient with a severe fluid volume deficit who presented after several days of diarrhea secondary to C. difficile infection. Which intravenous (IV) fluid does the nurse anticipate will be used to rapidly replace the fluid volume?

Karen is a nurse caring for a 67-year-old patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). As Karen begins her head to toe assessment of the patient, she finds that his pulse oximetry reading is 89% on room air. What is Karen’s first priority?