Which nursing intervention is the highest priority during the first twenty-four (24)  hours postoperatively for the client who had a total laryngectomy due to cancer of the larynx?                                            

A client suffered a stab wound to the chest wall. The nurse assesses the patient for which clinical manifestation that would indicate the presence of an open pneumothorax?                                                                                                                                 

 A client who has severe rheumatoid arthritis has been receiving maintenance therapy of prednisolone: 10mg/day for the past six (6) weeks. A priority patient teaching point for the nurse to stress with this client  is to instruct the client to immediately report symptoms of:              

The nurse is counseling a woman who is beginning antitubercular therapy with rifampin.  The client also takes an oral contraceptive.  Which statement by the nurse is most accurate regarding potential drug interactions?

The nurse caring for a patient with impaired immunity knows when her patient’s white blood cell count is 20,000 cell/mm 3, the assessment finding requiring priority intervention is:     

A nurse practices sterile (aseptic) technique while suctioning a client’s tracheostomy.  The purpose of maintaining sterile (aseptic) technique is to break the chain of infection at which element?

A client with a 10-year history of asthma presents with respiratory distress  labored breathing, use of accessory muscles, and audible inspiratory and expiratory wheezes.  Which of the following assessments would most readily indicate the client’s asthmatic condition is worsening?        

The nurse is giving an antihistamine and will observe the patient for which side effects from the antihistamine? Select All That Apply 1.  Hypertension 2.  Dizziness 3.  “Hang over effect” 4.  Dry Mouth 5.  Tachycardia

An adult has had a bronchoscopy.  Which assessment findings best indicate to the nurse that the client is ready for discharge?                                   

In Baroque operas and cantatas, this emotion is associated with a descending bass line  particularly when the composition was in a minor key.