A patient comes to the Emergency room after a fall down the basement stairs. The patient reports “she could not sleep all night, she is having trouble breathing this morning, and she has bad pain in her right wrist.” How would the nurse prioritize these patient concerns according to the Jarvis textbook?

During a patient assessment at a provider’s office, the nurse notes the patient has a fever and  is actively coughing, sitting upright in bed producing sputum that is yellowish green in color. What medical condition might these objective findings indicate?

Which body sounds would the nurse hear with the diaphragm of a stethoscope? Choose all that apply?

Which response is likely to encourage the patient who has been physically abused to confide in the nurse?

While doing an anal assessment post a woman’s vaginal childbirth, the nurse notes the peri-anal area of a patient is darker than the surrounding skin with a skin sac that is shiny and blue. The patient reports pain during bowel movements and notices some spots of blood as she wipes occasionally. What would this history and exam findings most likely indicate?

When performing a head-to-toe physical assessment on an older adult, what is the correct nursing technique?

A general survey is done by the nurse to patients received at the start of the work shift. The general survey provides the RN?

An adult client comes to the doctor’s office relating “a change in bowel movement since beginning his new medication.” When questioned further by the nurse, the client describes the stool as “yellow, soft, and greasy.” The nurse understands that ________________ causes this type of stool.

Upon arrival to the provider’s office, which information would the nurse obtain when conducting a health history for the patient? Choose all that apply?

A patient complains of “a really, really bad sore throat and fever. I had the chills all last night too.” Denies symptoms of a head or chest cold. Upon physical exam, the nurse notes a pharynx that is erythematous, with enlarged tonsils with exudate. The nurse also palpates swollen tender cervical nodes. The patient’s temperature is 100.8. The nurse suspects?