The nurse assessing a sedated client notes the respirations have fallen below 10 respirations per minute. The nurse identifies this condition as?

What client information must the nurse have from the ID band? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

Upon palpating an irregular radial pulse, what is the nurse’s next priority action?

A nurse would recognize that further instruction was needed if a nursing student expressed the assumption that a client:

A client ask the nurse what a pain threshold is. Which statement below would be the nurse’s best response?

A client is complaining of “mild discomfort” from a headache. The nurse would expect the provider to have which classification of pain medication on hand?

A nursing instructor will intervene when the student nurse  assessing a client’s pain includes which of the following?

The student nurse understands that while performing CPR, blood flow to the client’s brain can be impaired and possibly cause a stroke if this action is done.

A client ask the nurse why the measurements we take are called vital signs. What is the best response by the nurse? 

When asked why pain is considered the fifth vital sign, a nurse explains to a patient that pain: