You are caring for a client diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis. What signs and symptoms gathered during your assessment would indicate diabetic ketoacidosis?

The client you are caring for is 87 years old, frail, and in the long term care facility and has been bed ridden for the past two years.  The client has recently developed an infection requiring antibiotic therapy.  The nurse is to inject 2 mLs of medication intramuscularly (IM).  What is the most appropriate equipment to utilize for this client? 

The nurse has entered a client’s room and observes that the client is hunched over and appears to be breathing rapidly. What type of questions should the nurse first implement in this interaction?

Where would the nurse place pillows to maintain correct body alignment while positioning a client in the left lateral position?  Select all that apply.

In prescribing medications, the primary care provider does not usually dictate which of the following?

When charting after the completion of a bed bath, which does not need included in the patient’s medical record?

The nurse is assessing the client’s eyes for extraoccular movements.  Which action correctly describes a step the nurse would take when performing this assessment? 

The primary health care provider has prescribed Demerol, meperidine, (A opioid) 25 mg po every 4 hours as needed for pain.  When does this order need to be renewed?  

A client is taught to eat a bedtime snack and this is related to the administration of the client’s prescribed insulin. What is the approximate duration of intermediate acting (Humulin N) insulins?

Match each abbreviation with its appropriate meaning