A nurse is assessing a patient’s level of consciousness. The best scale to use for this type of assessment is which of the following?

A nursing student is teaching a client with Congestive Heart Failure about dietary measures that should be followed. The client becomes very frustrated and angry. The nurse should take which initial action?

The nursing student understands that the stool consistency with a sigmoid colostomy is typically which of the following?

All nursing students know that they are only allowed to eat food in the lab and classroom when which of the following happens?

During an educational session designed for baby boomers regarding physical changes of the older-aged adult, a nurse is teaching about expected weight changes. At the end of the session, the nurse asks the patient to state in their own words what they’ve been taught. Which response by the patient indicates teaching was effective?

A patient admitted in hypertensive crisis informs the nurse that he stopped taking his blood pressure medication 3 weeks ago. Which response by the nurse is best?

The nurse takes into consideration that while caring for a patient on oxygen therapy,  safety precautions should be observed, which includes which of the following?

The medication order is Methicillin 0.8 g IM q 6 h. When the 4 g vial is diluted with 5.7 mL of diluent, each 500 mg = 1 ml.  How many ml/dose should the nurse administer?

An older client has an oral temperature reading of 96.8 degrees F and states they feel cold. Which interventions could help increase the client’s temperature? Select all that apply.

The nurse is identifying outcome criteria for a client with a nursing diagnosis of Disturbed Sensory Perception, Auditory. What would indicate that interventions to address this diagnosis have been successful?