The nurse prepares the patient diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) for which diagnostic test to monitor acid–base balance?

The nurse is providing care to a patient admitted to the emergency department (ED) with a gunshot wound and profound blood loss who is hypoxemic. Which ordered fluid is the priority intervention?

The nurse is providing care to an older adult patient who is receiving intravenous (IV) fluids at 150 mL/hour. It is important that the nurse assess for which clinical manifestations that could indicate fluid volume excess in this patient?

The nurse is monitoring laboratory results on assigned patients. The patient with which laboratory has the highest risk of laryngospasm? (norm ranges: calcium 8.2-10.2, magnesium 1.6-2.2, potassium 3.5-5.0, phosphorus 2.5-4.5 )

An older patient reports a vision change of seeing dark spots. The nurse correlates this change to the function of which eye structure?

The nurse recognizes which intervention as the priority in the care of the patient with a serum phosphorus level of 2.0 mg/dL? ( norm range: phosphorus 2.5-4.5 )

The nurse provides care for a patient who is experiencing hypomagnesemia. What symptoms are emergent?

The nurse monitors for which clinical manifestation in the patient experiencing vertigo?

The nurse cares for a patient in cardiogenic shock with decreasing blood pressure that is not responding to intravenous fluids. What medication should the nurse request from the healthcare provider? 

Use the graph shown below to evaluate the limits presented in parts a) through d).  If a limit does not exist, state “DNE”.   = [a] = [b] = [c] = [d]