While providing care for an older adult patient, the nurse learns that the patient has had only small, watery stools for several days. Which is the nurse’s priority in providing care for this patient?

A patient is complaining of dizziness and weakness and as a BP 86/52 AP- 62 RR- 22 O2 sat 96%. A nurse has an order to replace the scheduled nitroglycerine patch. What is the nurse’s next step?

The nurse is caring for a 47 year old 1 day post-op open reduction internal fixation (ORIF) of the left ankle. T- 97.2, P 64 R- 20 O2 sat 84% on Room air. What is the nurse’s next action?

While caring for a patient with a colostomy created in the ascending colon, the nurse notes that the stool in the appliance pouch is liquid to mushy. What action should the nurse take?

The nurse notes an S3 heart sound while performing an assessment on a client admitted with an acute myocardial infarction. What should this finding indicate to the nurse?

Observe the phylogeny below. What kind of trait is “dikaryon stage”?   

Referring to the diagram below, label the following features of an image intensifier assembly. Electrostatic focusing lenses   _________ Output phosphor         __________ Input phosphor            __________ Photocathode              __________

Of the choices below, A DEL with a ________ fill factor would yield the best resolution?

The distance between fulcrum levels is called the:

There are 3 types of histogram analysis, which one of the types possible would be used if there was no “tail” expected to be present in the data.