The nurse needs to administer the 250mL bag of antibiotic over 30 minutes. The available IV tubing has a drop factor of 10 gtts/mL.  How many gtts/min does the nurse administer the fluids?  ___ gtt/min   (Round to the nearest whole number) _______

A 42-year-old male client has come to the clinic for an annual physical. The nurse notes in the client’s history that his father was treated for breast cancer. What should the nurse provide to the client before he leaves the clinic?

A nurse is assessing a client who has numerous comorbid health problems. What assessment finding(s) should prompt the nurse to suspect a urinary tract infection (UTI?) (Select all that apply.)

A client with gastritis required hospital treatment for an exacerbation of symptoms and receives a subsequent diagnosis of pernicious anemia due to malabsorption. When planning the client’s continuing care in the home setting, what assessment question is most relevant?  

The nurse is assessing a client admitted with renal stones. During the admission assessment, what parameter(s) should the nurse address, related to kidney stones? Select all that apply.

Which practice violates the principles of surgical asepsis?

The operating room nurse is taking the client into the operating room when the client says his grandmother almost died from a high fever in surgery 15 years ago. What is the nurse’s best action?

A nurse is caring for a client who is in the diuresis phase of acute kidney injury. The nurse should closely monitor the client for what potential complication during this phase?

The circulating nurse is responsible for which task during surgery?

The nurse is collecting a nursing history from a preoperative client who is to receive local anesthesia. While taking the admission history, the client reports an allergy to lidocaine. What is the nurse’s priority action?