A nurse is conducting discharge teaching for a client who was admitted with renal calculi. The nurse includes which of the following to prevent additional stones?  

A client recovering from thoracic surgery is on long-term mechanical ventilation and becomes very frustrated when he tries to communicate. What intervention should the nurse perform to assist the client?  

A client is scheduled to undergo the surgical creation of an ileal conduit. The primary nurse is preparing to educate the client about surgery and the post-operative period. The nurse assesses which of the following?  

Which of the following would be an appropriate assignment for a licensed practical nurse (LPN)?    

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.