What is the primary reason personal belongings are considered important in the care of residents within healthcare or long-term care settings?

A nurse has just received a prescription to transfuse a unit of packed red blood cells for an assigned client. For how long does the nurse plan to stay with the client after the unit of blood is hung?

Which medical condition is considered a contraindication for the use of first-generation antihistamines such as diphenhydramine?

When starting a patient on antidysrhythmic therapy, the nurse will remember that which problem is a potential adverse effect of any antidysrhythmic drug? 

 A patient with COPD is prescribed propranolol and albuterol. What is the nurse’s best action?

 A patient with COPD is prescribed propranolol and albuterol. What is the nurse’s best action?

Which Schistosoma species has a large terminal spine?

What is the most important nursing assessment for a client receiving codeine for cough management?

 A client on a beta blocker reports that their albuterol inhaler “doesn’t seem to work anymore.” What is the nurse’s priority intervention? 

A client reports palpitations and tremors after using Albuterol. What is the best response by the nurse?