A patient is typically placed on bleeding precautions if the platelet count is less than ____________________/mm3.

What type of pain is most often associated with a change in vital signs?

The nurse is caring for a patient with anemia. Which of the following laboratory results would the nurse recognize as being indicative of anemia? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse should stay at the bedside with a patient for the first ____________________ minutes of any blood transfusion to detect signs of a reaction.

An intravenous infusion is not running. The insertion site looks normal. Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate to try to get it running again?

A nurse is infusing an intravenous antibiotic medication. It is ordered as 100 mg in 50 mL D5W to be infused over 20 minutes. How many drops per minute should be delivered using tubing that delivers 15 gtt per mL? ____________________ drops per minute

What term should a nurse use to document a large area of discoloration from hemorrhage under the skin?

Which of the following needs on Maslow’s hierarchy has the lowest priority?

A patient receiving large doses of opioids is lethargic and difficult to arouse, with a respiratory rate of 6 per minute and constricted pupils. Which of the following medications should the nurse anticipate being prescribed?

What is a serious respiratory complication of fluid volume excess?