The nurse can assist with reducing anxiety when preparing a patient for a diagnostic examination by:

If there is bright red blood in the stool, the nurse recognizes that the probable source of the blood is the:

Upon auscultation of breath sounds, a nurse hears popping noises on inspiration and expiration. These sounds are indicative of which of these conditions?

A client is scheduled for a preoperative electrocardiogram (EKG) tomorrow. The nurse should advise the client that

Before giving permission for any procedure, a patient must have full knowledge about what will be done during the procedure along with its risks and complications. This is called:

Which of these concepts is most important for a nurse to utilize throughout the physical assessment of a client?

A __________________ requires the injection of a radiotracer 45 minutes prior to beginning the procedure.

Label the following auscultation points. A B C D E

Which of these breath sounds is abnormal?

During auscultation of all four quadrants of a client’s abdomen, the nurse hears 30 or more bowel sounds per minute. How should this finding be documented?