83. The primary nursing assessment of  a patient who will be receiving nitroglycerin should be?

56. The nurse has an order to administer Humalog insulin 8 units subcutaneous before each meal.  The same patient has an order for Sliding Scale Insulin which is:  Give Humalog insulin per sliding scale for meals and at bedtime.  Humalog (insulin lispro) is a rapid acting insulin. The Sliding Scale is:  SLIDING SCALE Less than 200 give 0 units of Humalog                                                        200 to 249 give 4 units of Humalog 250 to 299 give 8 units of Humalog 300 to 350 give 12 units of Humalog Greater than 350 call physician   The patient’s blood glucose is 203 at 1130 hours.  How much insulin should the nurse administer before lunch? 

44. Which of the following should the nurse recommend to a pregnant patient as a good source of folic acid?  

64. A patient notices that the doctor writes “positive Chadwick’s sign” on her chart. She asks the nurse what this means. What is the nurse’s best response?

94. Which of the following statements best describes test taking and anxiety?

79. A teenager is talking with a nurse and shares they don’t feel like their parents like their group of friends.  The nurse asks the teenager to tell them more about this situation.  Which communication technique is this an example of?

68. A patient at 20 week’s gestation comes to the clinic for a routine prenatal visit. The nurse measures the fundal height and finds that the fundal height is at the umbilicus.  The correct interpretation of this finding is which of the following?

100. A patient complains of difficulty breathing. An objective finding associated with the dyspnea might include:

19. What action should the nurse take if a patient who needs to sign an informed-consent form for Non-Emergency surgery appears to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol?

21. Although a nurse in a woman’s health clinic values abstinence as the best method of birth control, she offers compassionate care to unmarried pregnant adolescents. What is this nurse demonstrating?