A nurse is caring for a client who has a fluid volume deficit. When evaluating the client’s urinalysis results, what results should the nurse expect for the urine specific gravity?  

A nurse is caring for client with hypertension being treated with hydrochlorothiazide. The client has no other comorbidities. The provider adds diltiazem hydrochloride to the client’s medication regimen. When planning care for the client, what is the goal for the client’s blood pressure?  

The home health nurse is caring for a client with a comorbidity of hypertension. What assessment finding would require immediate intervention?    

You are receiving a report on a 65-year-old client undergoing peritoneal dialysis with a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), coronary artery disease (CAD), and heart failure. The client is awake, alert, and oriented with fine crackles to the bilateral bases, unlabored respirations, normal heart sounds without S3, a firm abdomen, hypoactive bowel sounds, and redness with cloudy drainage from the peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter last evening. The client reports 5/10 abdominal pain, is anuric, continent of bowel, and presents with hot, dry, pale skin and a capillary refill of less than 4 seconds, with positive peripheral pulses. Based on this assessment, what is the likely diagnosis and what interventions will the nurse implement?

A nurse working on a medical unit delegates which of the following tasks to the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) for the nurse’s client assignment?  

A client with end-stage kidney disease recently received a kidney transplant from a living donor. The nurse would evaluate teaching was effective if the client identified which of the following conditions should be reported to the provider?  SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.  

A nurse working on a telemetry unit is caring for a client with acute kidney injury due to administration of a nephrotoxic medication. The client’s labs BUN: 67 mg/dL, Creatinine: 2.9 mg/dL, Na: 140 mEq/L Cl: 109 mmol/L K: 7.0 mEq/L PO4: 2.7 mg/dL Mg: 2.1 mg/dL. The client’s output of the last 4 hours has been: 110 mL.  On telemetry the client is presenting in the rhythm below. What is the nurses’s priority action?

The nurse is caring for an older adult with a diagnosis of hypertension who is being treated with hydrochlorothiazide and metoprolol. How can the nurse best promote the client’s adherence to the prescribed therapeutic regimen?    

The client diagnosed with ARF has a serum potassium level of 7.2mEq/L. Which collaborative treatment should the nurse anticipate for the client?  

A client with hypertension on antihypertensive medications has a nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance due to nonadherence to the therapeutic regimen. When developing the plan of care, what informatin is imperative for the nurse to collect before developing a desired outcome for this client?