The nurse is admitting a client who is insulin dependent to the same-day surgical suite for carpal tunnel surgery. How should this client’s diagnosis of type 1 diabetes affect the care that the nurse plans?

The nurse needs to administer the 250mL bag of antibiotic over 30 minutes. The available IV tubing has a drop factor of 10 gtts/mL.  How many gtts/min does the nurse administer the fluids?  ___ gtt/min   (Round to the nearest whole number) _______

The nurse provides discharge instructions to a client after being admitted with migraine headaches. The nurse needs to include which of the following in the discharge teaching?

What should the nurse plan to teach a client who has been diagnosed with orchitis?

A nurse is completing a physical assessment on different clients on a cardiac unit. Does the assessment finding of orthopnea  indicate left-sided heart failure or right-sided heart failure? 

The nurse is performing an assessment and taking a history of a client. Which finding should be immediately reported to the health care provider?

The circulating nurse is responsible for which task during surgery?

The nurse is caring for the client with a left brain cerebral vascular accident and is performing a cranial nerve assessment. The nurse notes impaired functioning of the left glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve. What is the most important action needed?

Which nursing intervention is likely to be most effective when assisting the client with coronary artery disease to make appropriate dietary changes?

A priority goal for the client with COPD is to: