A nurse is teaching a client who is newly diagnosed with venous insufficiency. Which of the following education topics would the nurse include?

The nurse collaborates with the trauma team to admit and stabilize a 19-year-old male client following a snowmobiling accident. According to the report from emergency medical services, the client was snowmobiling with friends when he was thrown from the snowmobile and hit a tree head-first. A friend started cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The client was intubated en route and presents now for stabilization. The nurse collects the client’s vital signs: temperature 36C, heart rate 72 beats/min and regular, respiratory rate 16 breaths/min as set on the ventilator (no breathing over ventilator rate noted), oxygen saturation 99% on 40% FiO2, blood pressure 130/82 mmHg.   Complete the bowtie diagram below by selecting an option to specify: Which condition the client is most likely experiencing (A) Two actions the nurse should take to address that condition (B) Two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client’s progress (C) Use your clinical judgment to select the best answer(s). What condition is the client most likely experiencing (A)? Write your answer in the blank below. _______ What two actions should the nurse take to address that condition (B)? Write your answer in the blank below.  _______ What are the two parameters the nurse should monitor to assess the client’s progress (C)?  Write your answer in the blank below.  _______

A nurse is reviewing laboratory results for a client who has pericarditis. Which of the following blood test results should the nurse anticipate?

The nurse is planning preoperative care for a client who is scheduled a kidney transplant. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include? Select all that apply. 

A nurse interprets a client’s 6-second cardiac rhythm on telemetry.  Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the text below by selecting from the lists of options provided.  The client has a(n) ____1____ rhythm with a rate of ____2____ present on the cardiac monitor. The nurse interprets this rhythm as ___3___ based on the ___4___.  Options for 1 Options for 2 Options for 3 Options for 4 Regular 110 beats/min Atrial flutter with RVR Inverted T waves Irregular 120 beats/min Sinus tachycardia Prolonged PR interval Irregularly irregular 130 beats/min Atrial fibrillation with RVR Widened QRS complex Alternating 140 beats/min Supraventricular tachycardia Absent P waves Answer for 1: _______ Answer for 2: _______ Answer for 3: _______ Answer for 4: _______

A client is newly prescribed oxybutynin for urge incontinence. Which adverse effect will the nurse teach the client to report?

Which of the following manifestations most strongly suggests that a client may be experiencing prostate cancer?

The nurse is reviewing the intake and output report for a client with stage 4 chronic kidney disease. What does the nurse calculate the client’s fluid intake to be?

A client is admitted for hypovolemia secondary to gastroenteritis and emesis. The healthcare provider prescribes an arterial blood gas (ABG). The following results are reported: How does the nurse interpret the ABG results? Write the full interpretation.

The nurse is caring for a male client who has a transurethral resection of the prostate and is now prescribed to have his continuous bladder irrigation discontinued. What education will the nurse provide the client?