When educating the client with ankylosing spondylitis, the nurse should emphasize which treatment interventions? Select all that apply.

The nurse is caring for a client with late stage cirrhosis who is prescribed the beta-blocker propranolol. Which complications of cirrhosis will the nurse expect to be reduced by administration of propranolol? Select all that apply.

Following a history of gastric pain and an endoscopy, a client has been diagnosed with a duodenal peptic ulcer. Which teaching point should his caregiver provide?

The nurse knows that which client listed below is at high risk for developing a hip fracture?

A 41-year-old woman has been diagnosed as having a loose body of cartilage in her left knee. What data would be most likely to lead clinicians to this diagnosis?

Following several days of intermittent upper right quadrant pain, a 29-year-old obese, Native American/First Nation woman has been diagnosed with cholelithiasis. The nurse at the clinic has taught the client about the pathophysiology and contributing factors to her health problem, as well as some of the likely treatment options. Which statement by the client demonstrates a sound understanding of her diagnosis?

Though the client’s primary care provider has downplayed the symptoms, a geriatrician suspects that an 82-year-old female has polymyalgia rheumatica. Which characteristic symptomatology would most likely have led the specialist to suspect this health problem?

Parents have brought their child to the emergency department with abdominal pain. Which clinical manifestations would lead the health care team to suspect the child has appendicitis? Select all that apply.

Parents of a 20-month-old infant report that he refuses food or eats poorly and that he grimaces when he swallows. He also is irritable and cries a lot. The mother is worried that he ate something inappropriate this morning, because he vomited something that looked like coffee grounds. Which health problem would the care team first suspect?

A male client has just been diagnosed with hyperuricemia following multiple flare-ups of his metatarsophalangeal joint associated with severe pain and swelling that is affecting his sleep. The nurse should anticipate that which medications may be prescribed for this client? Select all that apply.