A client with a history of angina comes to the emergency department complaining of crushing chest pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first?

The nurse is assessing a client who had a cardiac catheterization with stent placement one hour ago via the right femoral artery. The client is receiving intravenous heparin at 1,000 units per hour. During a scheduled post procedure check, the nurse notes the puncture site at the groin has begun to steadily ooze blood. What should the nurse do first?

A nurse is instructing a patient on how to provide a sputum sample for culture to diagnose a suspected bacterial infection. Which instruction is most important for the nurse to emphasize to ensure the sample is viable for accurate testing?

After assisting at the bedside with a thoracentesis, the nurse would continue to assess the patient for signs and symptoms of what?

A nurse educator is providing teaching on influenza to nurses. Which of the following statements made by a nurse indicates a need for further education?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has undergone a bronchoscopy. The patient is asking for a drink of water. The nurse should assess for what priority data before giving the patient a drink of water?

The nurse caring for a client with a history of a chronic respiratory disease is prescribed home oxygen therapy. Which instruction should the nurse include in the client’s teaching plan to promote safe oxygen use?

A client’s medication has a side effect of paralysis of the cilia in the airways. Which statement by the nurse includes the highest priority teaching strategy regarding the drug?

What “sickness” or physical problem does Mrs. Mallard have at the beginning / ending of the story?

By using the pronoun, “we” rather than “I,” Dunbar makes this poem more inclusive.