Following a motor-vehicle accident, a client arrives in the emergency department with massive right lower-leg swelling. Which action will the nurse take first?

The nurse is assisting the patient who is recovering from an acute stroke and has left-side hemiplegia to transfer from the bed to the wheelchair. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

A nurse is caring for a patient with an acute spinal cord injury. Which assessment data should the nurse recognize that secondary complications are occuring? 

The nurse identifies the presence of age-associated memory impairment in the older adult who says,

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

A nurse recognizes that the effects of medications on older adults are different than a younger adult. A factor that the nurse must consider when managing medications in the older adult would be

The nurse correlates which symptom to the decreased immunity response often observed in the older adult with a urinary tract infection?

The charge nurse observes a novice staff nurse who is caring for a patient who has had a head injury. Which action by the novice nurse requires the charge nurse to intervene?

While assessing a patient with obstructive sleep apnea, which lifestyle factor would be of most concern?

An IV of 1000 ml of D5W to run over a twelve hour period has been ordered. The tubing provides 20 gtts/ml. How many gtt/min would be administered?_________________________