The nurse is caring for the client with a left brain cerebral vascular accident and is performing a cranial nerve assessment. The nurse notes impaired functioning of the left glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve. What is the most important action needed?

A client presents to the emergency department with left-sided weakness and garbled speech, and an ischemic stroke is confirmed. Which of the following items in the client’s history causes the nurse to question the order for tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)?

A nurse is assessing a client with carpal tunnel syndrome. The nurse should expect which of the following findings?

When evaluating the discharge teaching for a patient with chronic peripheral artery disease (PAD), the nurse determines a need for further instruction when the patient says which of the following? 

A client has scleroderma manifested by CREST (calcinosis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia) syndrome. Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care?

A client presents with silvery scales on the elbows and knees. The provider has made a diagnosis of plaque psoriasis. Which of the following will aggravate or “trigger” psoriasis? (Select all that apply)

The nurse is admitting a client who is insulin dependent to the same-day surgical suite for carpal tunnel surgery. How should this client’s diagnosis of type 1 diabetes affect the care that the nurse plans?

The nurse will assess the client for which potential contraindication to isoniazid?

Which condition is an appropriate indication for the use of Cholinergics (miotics)?

The nurse provides discharge instructions to a client after being admitted with migraine headaches. The nurse needs to include which of the following in the discharge teaching?