The nurse conducts a teaching session for a patient who is diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia. Which patient statement indicates to the nurse a need for additional teaching?

The nurse correlates reduced hearing and dizziness in the patient diagnosed with otitis media to which complication?

Which statement by the patient with neural hearing loss indicates understanding of teaching about this disorder?

The nurse monitors for which assessment data in the patient diagnosed with a Staphylococcus skin infection?

The nurse administers a large dose of the prescribed opioid analgesic in preparation for a dressing change for a patient with significant burn injury. What is the nurse’s priority in this situation?

The school nurse is preparing a poster for students focusing on the structures of the ear. What information should be included about the Eustachian tube?

A nurse in the emergency department cares for a patient with hypotension, tachycardia, and an elevated lactate level. History includes recent treatment for an immune disorder. Which actions should the nurse take? Select all that apply. 

A middle-aged patient avoids eating out in restaurants because of the inability to hear conversations with dining partners. The nurse correlates this data to which auditory disorder?

The nurse correlates which potential risk factors to the development of several lacerations over the coccyx area?

The results of a patient’s arterial blood gas sample indicate an oxygen level of 72 mm Hg. Based on this result the nurse needs to closely assess which parameter when providing care to this patient? (norm range: PaO2 75-100)