A patient with diabetes who has bacterial pneumonia is being treated with IV gentamicin 60 mg IV BID. The nurse will monitor for adverse effects of the medication by evaluating the patient’s

When a patient with acute kidney injury (AKI) has an arterial blood pH of 7.30, the nurse will expect an assessment finding of

A nurse teaches a client recovering from a heart transplant who is prescribed cyclosporine (Sandimmune). Which statement should the nurse include in this client’s discharge teaching?

To assess the patient with pericarditis for evidence of a pericardial friction rub, the nurse should

A nurse admits a client who is experiencing an exacerbation of heart failure. Which action should the nurse take first?

A nurse assesses a client with pericarditis. Which assessment finding should the nurse expect to find?

Which statement made by a patient with coronary artery disease after the nurse has completed teaching about the therapeutic lifestyle changes (TLC) diet indicates that further teaching is needed?

A nurse teaches a client who is prescribed digoxin (Lanoxin) therapy. Which statement should the nurse include in this client’s teaching?

A patient has a junctional escape rhythm on the monitor. The nurse will expect the patient to have a heart rate of _____ beats/min.

An hour after a thoracotomy, a patient complains of incisional pain at a level 7 (based on 0 to 10 scale) and has decreased left-sided breath sounds. The pleural drainage system has 100 mL of bloody drainage and a large air leak. Which action should the nurse take?