A patient presents with severe headache and photophobia. During your assessment, the patient is febrile and exhibits nuchal rigidity. You suspect the patient may be suffering from bacterial meningitis. Which of the following would indicate the presence of Kernig’s sign?

Which clinical manifestation would lead the student nurse to suspect that a patient is experiencing hypermagnesemia?

A patient who recently underwent abdominal surgery due to a perforated appendix asks the nurse about the cause of purulent exudate observed on their abdominal wound. How should the nurse respond?

Cystic fibrosis is a single-gene disorder that primarily affects which organs?

The primary factor associated with the risk of Down syndrome is

The cellular stage of acute inflammation is marked by the movement of leukocytes into the area. Which of the following cells arrives first and in great numbers? 

Torsade de pointes is a malignant ventricular arrythmia associated with ______

The patient is complaining of abdominal incisional pain and rates the pain at 6/10 on the pain scale. The nurse checks the medication record and determines it is time to administer the pain medication.  The nurse states, “I will be right back with your pain medication.”   The nurse gets distracted when another nurse needs assistance. The nurse returns with the pain medication after 45 minutes.  Which ethical principle has the nurse violated?

The pediatric patient admitted with rubeola (measles) is placed on airborne precautions.  Which of the following should be included when placing a patient on airborne precautions?

The nurse is developing outcome criteria for health promotion diagnosis care plan about reducing the risk for osteoporosis. Which of the following is (are) an example(s) of correctly written outcome criteria?  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.