During change-of-shift report on a medical unit, the nurse learns that a client with aspiration pneumonia who was admitted with respiratory distress has become increasingly restless and agitated. Which action should the nurse take first?

When assessing clients in the preoperative area, the nurse knows that which client is at a higher risk for an altered response to anesthesia?

Which prescribed intervention will the nurse implement first for a client in the emergency department who is experiencing continuous tonic-clonic (generalized) seizures?

The preoperative nurse recognizes the need to ensure positive client outcomes. To achieve this the nurse will do which of the following? (Select all that apply)

What should be included in the postoperative teaching of the client who has undergone cataract surgery? (Select all that apply)

A nurse records a client’s history and discovers several risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). Which cardiac risk factors can the client control?

Which of the following clients should the nurse consider at greatest risk for developing atelectasis? 

The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client with a right lower leg fracture who will be discharged to home with an external fixation device.  The nurse knows that the client understands when they make which of the following statements?

The nurse is assessing a new adult client. What characteristic of this client’s status should the nurse identify as increasing the client’s risk for glaucoma?

A client who has diabetes and uses insulin to control blood glucose has been NPO since midnight before having a knee replacement surgery. Which action should the nurse take?