A registered nurse is teaching a student nurse about tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration in a patient with ischemic stroke. Which statement made by the student nurse indicates a need for further teaching?

You are developing a care plan for a 43 year-old male patient with a spinal cord injury at the level of C-7.  An appropriate and logical goal for this patient is that he will be able to

          The nurse caring for a patient with a left BKA notices a moderate amount of  red blood on the residual limb dressing.  Which action should the nurse implement first?

After a debridement procedure, the nurse assess the understanding of the patient and conclude that further teaching is needed when the patient states that:

A patient fell 2 days ago; he has an open (compound) fracture of his left tibia. The physician performed an open reduction with internal fixation (ORIF) to treat the fracture. A concerned nursing assessment for him would include

         The student nurse notes that a patient’s intracranial pressure reads 20 mm Hg using an intracranial pressure monitor.  The student nurse correctly interpret this as:

The nurse is caring for a 75 year old female with a fractured hip secondary to osteoporosis.  She states that her doctor has put her on a medication to treat her osteoporosis. You recognize which of the following medication can modify the effects of osteoporosis?

Which symptom(s) experienced by your patient with a spinal cord injury at the level of T-5 would alert you to the presence of a complication of this type of injury?

A 47-year-old female is admitted to the unit after sustaining a fall at home.  The patient’s x-rays confirm the presence of an extracapsular fracture of the left hip. When assessing the patient, the nurse would expect to find

         A patient has a head injury and is presenting with signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. Which nursing intervention would be helpful in reducing this pressure?