When a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) has an arterial blood pH of 7.30, the nurse will expect an assessment finding of
A nurse teaches a client recovering from a heart transplant…
A nurse teaches a client recovering from a heart transplant who is prescribed cyclosporine (Sandimmune). Which statement should the nurse include in this client’s discharge teaching?
To assess the patient with pericarditis for evidence of a pe…
To assess the patient with pericarditis for evidence of a pericardial friction rub, the nurse should
A nurse admits a client who is experiencing an exacerbation…
A nurse admits a client who is experiencing an exacerbation of heart failure. Which action should the nurse take first?
A nurse assesses a client with pericarditis. Which assessmen…
A nurse assesses a client with pericarditis. Which assessment finding should the nurse expect to find?
Which statement made by a patient with coronary artery disea…
Which statement made by a patient with coronary artery disease after the nurse has completed teaching about the therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) diet indicates that further teaching is needed?
A nurse teaches a client who is prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin)…
A nurse teaches a client who is prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin) therapy. Which statement should the nurse include in this client’s teaching?
A patient has a junctional escape rhythm on the monitor. The…
A patient has a junctional escape rhythm on the monitor. The nurse will expect the patient to have a heart rate of _____ beats/min.
An hour after a thoracotomy, a patient complains of incision…
An hour after a thoracotomy, a patient complains of incisional pain at a level 7 (based on 0 to 10 scale) and has decreased left-sided breath sounds. The pleural drainage system has 100 mL of bloody drainage and a large air leak. Which action should the nurse take?
A nurse is teaching a client with heart failure who has been…
A nurse is teaching a client with heart failure who has been prescribed enalapril (Vasotec). Which statement should the nurse include in this client’s teaching?