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A patient has reduced muscle strength following a left-sided stroke and is at risk of falling. Which intervention is most appropriate for the nursing diagnostic statement Risk for falls?

A nurse is pulled from the surgical unit to work on the oncology unit. Which action by the nurse displays humility and responsibility?

A patient’s plan of care includes the goal of increasing mobility during this shift. As the patient is ambulating to the bathroom at the beginning of the shift, the patient falls. Which initial action will the nurse take next to most effectively revise the plan of care?

A patient continues to report post-surgical incision pain at a level of 9 out of 10 after pain medicine is given. The next dose of pain medicine is not due for another hour. What should the critically thinking nurse do first?

. Which interventions are appropriate for a patient with diabetes and poor wound healing? (Select all that apply.)  

A patient expresses fear of going home and being alone. Vital signs are stable, and the incision is nearly completely healed. What can the nurse infer from the subjective data?

When using the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), what is the maximum number of hops a message can take between its source and its destination before the destination is considered unreachable?

A patient recovering from a leg fracture after a fall reports having dull pain in the affected leg and rates it as a 7 on a 0 to 10 scale. The patient is not able to walk around in the room with crutches because of leg discomfort. Which nursing intervention is the priority?

A nurse is providing education to a patient about self-administering subcutaneous injections. The patient demonstrates self-injection. Which type of indicator did the nurse evaluate?

Which findings will alert the nurse that stress is present when making a clinical decision? (Select all that apply.)