Which response is likely to encourage the patient who has been physically abused to confide in the nurse?

While doing an anal assessment post a woman’s vaginal childbirth, the nurse notes the peri-anal area of a patient is darker than the surrounding skin with a skin sac that is shiny and blue. The patient reports pain during bowel movements and notices some spots of blood as she wipes occasionally. What would this history and exam findings most likely indicate?

When performing a head-to-toe physical assessment on an older adult, what is the correct nursing technique?

A general survey is done by the nurse to patients received at the start of the work shift. The general survey provides the RN?

Upon arrival to the provider’s office, which information would the nurse obtain when conducting a health history for the patient? Choose all that apply?

An adult client comes to the doctor’s office relating “a change in bowel movement since beginning his new medication.” When questioned further by the nurse, the client describes the stool as “yellow, soft, and greasy.” The nurse understands that ________________ causes this type of stool.

A patient complains of “a really, really bad sore throat and fever. I had the chills all last night too.” Denies symptoms of a head or chest cold. Upon physical exam, the nurse notes a pharynx that is erythematous, with enlarged tonsils with exudate. The nurse also palpates swollen tender cervical nodes. The patient’s temperature is 100.8. The nurse suspects?

Upon admission, in which part of the electronic medical record would the nurse document the patient’s statement: “I am just not feeling well. I have a really bad headache and sinus pressure.”

The nurse is taking a client’s 2-step blood pressure according to the American Heart Association guidelines. The nurse identifies the brachial pulse is no longer palpable at 120 mm Hg. How high should the nurse pump up the blood pressure cuff when performing step two in the blood pressure assessment?

A nursing home patient has been diagnosed with chronic venous stasis. Which of the following might the nurse note upon inspection? Choose all that apply?