An older adult client with heart failure asks when she should get a flu shot. Which is the nurse’s best response?

In evaluating the electrocardiogram (ECG) in a client with acidosis, the nurse correlates which ECG change to effectiveness of therapy?

What is highest priority for the nurse to teach the client who is to undergo pulmonary surgery?

The client scheduled to undergo radiation therapy for lung cancer asks the nurse why 6 weeks of daily radiation treatments are necessary. What is the nurse’s most accurate response?

Which is the nurse’s priority intervention for a confused client who is to start oxygen therapy?

The nurse monitors for which acid-base imbalance in a client who has acute pancreatitis?

Which statement by the client indicates the need for further teaching regarding an increased risk for metabolic alkalosis?

The nurse is teaching the client about his fenestrated tracheostomy tube. Which statement by the client indicates an accurate understanding of the tube?

A client is to be discharged to home on oxygen therapy. What information will the nurse teach the client?

The nurse assesses a client after an open lung biopsy. Which assessment finding is matched with the correct intervention?