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?

A client is experiencing bleeding from esophageal varices.  What is the priority nursing intervention?  

Which nursing action by the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) for a client with gastroesophogeal reflux (GERD) would require intervention by the nurse? 

What discharge instructions should the nurse provide to a client with a right lower leg fracture who will be discharged to home with an external fixation device?

The nurse determines that colchicine has been effective for a patient with an acute attack of gout upon finding which of the following?

The nurse completes a physical assessment on a client that is receiving hospice care. The family asks what physical manifestations indicate end-of-life? Which assessment findings would you include in your teaching to the family? Select all that apply.