The responsibility for notifying the physician when laboratory and diagnostic studies deviate from the norm belongs to the:

Which of the following is a primary nursing goal when obtaining a health history from a client?

Click on the area that you would auscultate bronchovesicular breath sounds.

A client receives radioactive iodine as part of a diagnostic procedure. After the test, what actions MUST the nurse take?

Following a liver biopsy, the nurse should observe for hemorrhage and ensure that the patient is kept on bed rest for 24 hours. For the first 1 to 2 hours, the nurse should keep the patient:

The nurse lightly palpates the abdomen of a patient during a physical examination. On palpation to the right side of the abdomen, the patient cries out and draws the knees to the chest. The nurse should:

The nurse can assist with reducing anxiety when preparing a patient for a diagnostic examination by:

If there is bright red blood in the stool, the nurse recognizes that the probable source of the blood is the:

Upon auscultation of breath sounds, a nurse hears popping noises on inspiration and expiration. These sounds are indicative of which of these conditions?

A client is scheduled for a preoperative electrocardiogram (EKG) tomorrow. The nurse should advise the client that