The patient’s family member reports to the nurse that a few episodes of sleepwalking by the patient have occurred in recent months. Through understanding of the sleep cycle, the nurse recognizes that sleep-walking occurs during which sleep phase?

A 45-year old female patient complains of urinary leakage when laughing or sneezing and asks if anything can be done to help reverse this condition. The nurse educates the patient to do which of the following exercises?

What is the most urgent reason for the nurse to insert a foley catheter?

The patient is seeking a natural supplement to enhance sleep. The nurse is aware that for many people which supplement is an appropriate choice?

The nurse is performing hand hygiene before setting up a sterile field. While washing hands, the nurse touches the sink. Which action will the nurse take next?

The nurse is setting up a sterile field. Which action by the nurse best exhibits surgical asepsis?

The nurse has a patient whom needs to have the respiratory depression reversed as a result of taking opioids. The nurse anticipates which medication to be administered?

A patient informs the nurse that she was using laxatives three times daily to lose weight. After stopping use of the laxative, the patient had difficulty with constipation. The patient is concerned and ask the nurse if she needs to take laxatives again. The nurse educates the patient that

In providing care to a patient with chronic pain, what characteristics or patient responses should the nurse expect to be exhibited?

The nurse knows he must monitor the patient’s heart rate during digital impaction removal because a certain nerve may cause the patient to have cardiac issues suddenly. What nerve should the nurse be aware of during digital removal and why is it so important NOT to stimulate it?