The nurse is caring for a male client diagnosed with lung cancer, scheduled to have a left lower lobectomy. Of the following pre-op assessment data from the client’s history and physical. Which of the following puts the client at highest risk of developing post-operative complications?

While assessing for circulating oxygenation status in a 54-year-old African American client, the nurse should also exam which anatomical area?

A client presents to the emergency department after being in a boating accident about 3 hours ago. Now the client reports headache, chest pain, the feeling of not being able to breathe enough and blood tinged secretions. VS: T 98.4, P 110, RR 24, BP 156/98.  Labs. Hgb 10, Hct 31, K 3.5, WBC 10. arterial blood gases pH 7.35, PaCO2 40mm/Hg, HCO3 26mEq/L. This client may be experiencing which respiratory problem?

A client has COPD: Emphysema. Vital signs: BP 120/80, P 92, RR 28 and Pulse Ox 86%. What is the priority intervention for this client? 

A client who has severe rheumatoid arthritis has been receiving maintenance therapy of prednisone for 6 weeks. A priority client teaching point for the nurse to stress with this client is the need to immediately report which of the following symptoms?

A nurse is caring for a client with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). The client reports fatigue, joint swelling and tenderness as well as difficulty urinating.  Which of the following laboratory findings should the nurse anticipate due to the reported assessment?

A client is being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis with Isoniazid (INH) 300mg PO daily, Rifampin 600mg PO daily, ethambutol 400mg PO daily and pyridoxine 10mg PO daily. The client is admitted to the hospital for a total hip replacement. The client asks if it is necessary to take all of these medications while in the hospital. The nurses’ best action should be to do which of the following?

A client with COPD and Type I Diabetes Mellitus is being treated with prednisone. The following are the client’s arterial blood gas results: pH:  7.30 PaCO2:  35 mmHg HCO3:  18 mEq/L The nurse interprets the results as which of the following?

A client reports he has received the Bacilli-Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination. Which of the following is the best method to determine this client’s tuberculosis (TB) status?

A nurse is working in a pediatric clinic. After the nurse gives a hepatitis A immunization to an infant, the parent asks what kind of protection this provides for the child. What is the nurse’s best response?