The nurse is watching a new graduate nurse perform auscultation of a patient’s abdomen. Which statement by the new graduate nurse demonstrates an understanding of the reason auscultation should be performed before palpation of the abdomen? 

Which actions would be performed when communicating with a client with presbycusis (age- related hearing loss)? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a client who was scheduled to have a cerebral angiography performed today. Which should the nurse check after the procedure?

The nurse is gathering information from the family of a patient who is experiencing confusion. What is an important question the nurse should ask the family?

A patient scheduled for bowel surgery has an order to receive enemas until clear. The nurse is aware that no more than three enemas should be given. What is the rationale for giving no more than three?

A nurse performing a neurological assessment/data collection is preparing to test cranial nerve II. What should the nurse do to accurately collect data on cranial nerve II?

A patient whose spouse died 1 year earlier complains of feeling overwhelmingly lonely and has withdrawn from interpersonal interactions. The patient is demonstrating what stage of grief according to Kübler-Ross’s theory?

A client presents to the urgent care center with complaints of abdominal pain. Suddenly the client vomits bright red blood. The nurse would take which immediate action?

Treatment for syncope is to place patients

Which drug is NOT used to treat diabetes?