The patient is a 48-year-old man with acute renal failure. Which of the following is the most common objective manifestation of acute renal failure?

A client with a hip fracture is placed in Buck’s traction. The nurse explains to the patient that the purpose of this traction is to

What physiological event is represented by “B” Select All that Apply  

While performing a physical assessment of a client newly diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, the nurse should assess for nodules on the:

A client that is scheduled for an elective amputation asks the nurse, “Why can’t the doctor tell me exactly how much of my leg he’s going to take off? Don’t you think I should know that?” On which of the following would the nurse base the response?

A patient with COPD states that they have had a 5-pound weight gain in the past week. The complication that may have contributed to the weight gain is:

Order: morphine 3mg IVP, Q6hrs prn Drug available: morphine 10mg/mL Administer:____________________

A client has a tibial fracture that required casting. Approximately 5 hours later, the client has increasing pain distal to the fracture despite the morphine injection administered 30 minutes previously. Which of the following should be the nurse’s priority assessments? (select all that apply)

You will have 100 minutes to complete this exam. There are multiple choice and alternate format questions on the exam. Once you have submitted an answer, you will not be allowed to back-track.

The nurse identifies that a patient exhibits the characteristic gait associated with Parkinson’s disease. When documenting on the client’s chart, the nurse should describe the gait as