A staff nurse in the intensive care unit explains to the client’s wife the types of monitoring devices they will be using for her husband, and then there is silence. What is the reason the nurse used silence as a communication technique?

A 36-year-old client visits her physician with a complaint of nausea, anorexia, weakness, and lack of ability to concentrate. Laboratory results indicate increased serum urea and creatinine, increased potassium, eGFR of 59 mL/min/1.73m2, pH of 7.26, low hematocrit and hypocalcemia. What is the likely diagnosis?

A newly admitted client has a 3 cm x 5 cm reddened area of the coccyx. Which action should the nurse take for this client?

The transducer _____________ is equal to the ratio of the operating frequency to the frequency bandwidth.

What is the first thing the nurse should do to confirm the meaning of a client’s nonverbal behavior?

A lack of which bio-molecule leads to vitamin B12 deficiency, despite adequate dietary intake of this vitamin?

A client has stage 4 of chronic kidney disease. Which laboratory result will the nurse expect to be in the client’s chart?

Damage to a client’s glomerular function would be suspected when the urinalysis reveals:

A patient with insomnia is prescribed a sleep medication. The nurse is reviewing safety precautions with the patient. Which instruction is most important to discuss first?

Identify this instrument.