A pre-operative client expresses anxiety to a nurse about upcoming surgery. Which response by the nurse is most likely to stimulate further discussion between the patient and the nurse?

You have just reassessed the postoperative patient who was admitted 1 hour ago to the surgical unit. Which of the following assessments would be the priority for the nurse to monitor during the next hour?

What type of IV solution would you hang with a blood administration set to infuse a blood product?  

A nurse caring for a client postoperatively notes that the dressing on the client’s incision was recently clean and dry but is now saturated with a large amount of fresh blood. What intervention should be taken by the nurse in this situation along with notifying the primary care provider?

When preparing to administer an IVPB medication, the nurse first needs to:

The nurse is providing education about deep-breathing exercises to a postoperative client whose surgery took place earlier today. Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide?    

When your patient is receiving a blood product, what is the longest amount of time over which the infusion can be given?

Which of the following lochia would the nurse expect the patient to have two weeks after delivery?  

When administering IVPB medication the nurse will perform all of the following except  

A postoperative patient asks the nurse why it is so important to deep breathe, cough and use the incentive spirometer after surgery. In formulating a response, the nurse incorporates the understanding that retained pulmonary secretions in a postoperative client can lead to: