The nurse monitors a patient admitted with cholelithiasis for which of the following possible complication(s)?

When assessing the older adult experiencing pain, which of the following is important for the nurse to understand?

The nurse notes that a patient’s midline abdominal incision appears to be showing signs of evisceration. Besides notifying the physician, the most appropriate nursing intervention at this time is:

A post-operative patient has not voided for eight hours after surgery, then begins urinating 40 mL every 30 minutes. Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing action?

In the assessment of a healing surgical wound, it is important for the nurse to understand which of the following?

Based on the knowledge of the postoperative stress response, the nurse would expect to see which clinical manifestation in a patient following surgery?

The nurse is performing a pre-operative assessment on a patient who is scheduled for a right hip replacement. Which pre-operative condition or situation may place the patientat greatest risk for post-operative complications?

The patient is scheduled for an ORIF of the left hip in the morning. The provider has discontinued all of the patient’s medications beginning the night before surgery. The nurse should call the physician to question the safety of abruptly discontinuing which type of medication?

The nurse is caring for a patient who will be receiving midazolam (Versed) for procedural sedation during a biopsy. Which safety precaution needs to be taken during the procedure?

Which of the following explains why the elderly are at higher risk for developing hyponatremia?