Respiratory
A client with a left-sided pleural effusion is having a thoracentesis. the nurse should position the client this way?
What is sitting upright with the arms supported on an over bed table ?
When developing a teaching plan for a client with multiple risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), the nurse should focus primarily on this.
What is modifiable risk factors?
potential adverse reactions to this medication include difficulty swallowing, esophagitis, and esophageal ulcers.
What is alendronate (Fosamax) ?
This technique should be used to prevent leakage of the iron to subcutaneous tissues.
What is the Z-track injection technique
Suctioning of stable patient's trach can be delegated to.
Who is the LPN/LVN?
The best way to teach a client how to manage allergic rhinitis.
What is identifying and avoiding environmental triggers?
The diagnosis for a client who has chronic heart failure & tells the nurse, "I was fine when I went to bed, but I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like I was suffocating!"
What is Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea ?
Immediate conservative treatment for a rotator cuff tear
What is activity limitations?
Foods to include with meals for patients with iron deficiency anemia.
What are Citrus fruits and green leafy vegetables
The laboratory test result most helpful in indicating myocardial damage.
What is Troponin?
A client has had a total laryngectomy and radical neck dissection. During the first 24 hours after surgery the priority nursing action to facilitate airway maintenance.
What is keep the client in semi-Fowler’s position?
The lab test you will review to determine the effects of therapy for a client who is being treated for heart failure.
What is B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) ?
A decrease in muscle spasms is the goal of this femur fracture treatment.
What is Bucks traction?
The lab test activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT)is used to monitor efficacy of this drug.
What is heparin?
Cleansing the skin daily with mild soap and water of a client with Hodgkin's Lymphoma who is receiving radiation therapy to the groin area has redness and tenderness of the irradiated skin can be delegated to this person.
Who is the unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) ?
The type of equipment the nurse prepares for treatment for a client is admitted after a near-drowning and develops ARDS.
What is a mechanical ventilation and endotracheal tube?
The laboratory test result most helpful in indicating myocardial damage.
What is Troponin T and I?
Priority care for a client with a metastatic bone tumor.
What is administering pain medication as prescribed?
When a transfusion of packed red blood cells has been infusing for 10 minutes and the client reports chilling the nurse does this.
What is STOP THE TRANSFUSION?
This test takes 48-72 hours before it can be read.
What is a TB skin test?
Priority action the nurse should take when the client’s oxygen saturation (SpO2) changes from 94% to 88%.
What is increase the prescribed O2 flow rate?
The most important teaching for the nurse to include for a client with newly diagnosed hypertension.
What is hypertension is usually asymptomatic until target organ damage occurs?
A priority psychosocial intervention for client with a bone tumor is grieving.
What is allow the client to verbalize feelings?
When a client has a platelet count of 45,000/mm3, the nurse does this.
What is initiate bleeding precautions?
Leg pain that occurs while walking and is relieved with rest is related to this.
What is arterial insufficiency?