The NAU student nurse is assessing skin turgor. Which technique will the student nurse use?

The nurse is performing an abdominal assessment on a client of average weight. Which finding should the nurse report to the primary health care provider?

The nurse places a key in the hand of a patient and he identifies it as a penny. What term would the nurse use to describe this finding? 

A client in an outpatient clinic is being assessed for range-of-joint movement. The nurse asks them to move their arm in toward the center of the body. This movement is called:

Which nursing action during a focused urinary assessment would the nurse use to collect subjective client data? Select all that apply.

In the following pathway, each arrow represents an enzyme-catalyzed reaction: X → Y → Z → A. The product of the pathway, molecule A, binds to the enzyme that converts molecule X to molecule Y at a location separate from its active site; this binding decreases the activity of the enzyme. Molecule X is a(n) while molecule A functions as a(n) .

A nurse assigned to an intensive care unit (critical care) is most likely using what type of nursing care delivery model?

The nurse is caring for a group of patients who have sleeping disruptions. Match the condition to the intervention the nurse will use.

A patient who recently had a stroke is going to be discharged at the end of the week. The nurse notices that the patient is having difficulty with communication and becomes tearful at times. Which intervention will the nurse include in the patient’s plan of care?

A patient’s father died a week ago. Both the patient and the patient’s spouse talk about the death. The patient’s spouse is experiencing headaches and fatigue. The patient is having trouble sleeping, has no appetite, and cries frequently. How should the nurse interpret these findings as the basis for a follow-up assessment?