The nurse is caring for the client with a left brain cerebral vascular accident and is performing a cranial nerve assessment. The nurse notes impaired functioning of the left glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve. What is the most important action needed?

Which nursing intervention is likely to be most effective when assisting the client with coronary artery disease to make appropriate dietary changes?

A priority goal for the client with COPD is to:

The health care provider is discussing a managed 30 lb. weight loss with a client with pre-diabetes who has returned for a follow-up visit. Which of the following laboratory values indicate the client’s lifestyle change has made a positive impact?

If you have feel more comfortable around people from your own group, and like your own group, but do not have strong negative feelings about outgroups, it is likely that you have a bias referred to as:

The nurse is caring for an acutely ill client. What assessment finding should prompt the nurse to inform the provider that the client may be exhibiting signs of acute kidney injury?

A nurse is assessing a client with carpal tunnel syndrome. The nurse should expect which of the following findings?

The nurse determines that colchicine has been effective for a patient with an acute attack of gout upon finding which of the following?

When evaluating the discharge teaching for a patient with chronic peripheral artery disease (PAD), the nurse determines a need for further instruction when the patient says which of the following? 

The client with gastroenteritis is ordered to have intravenous fluids of normal saline 1500 mL to infuse over 15 hours. The tubing on hand states: 15gtts/min. Calculate the flow rate in gtts/min. Round to the nearest whole number. _______