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A nursing instructor is reviewing thyroid hormone function with a group of students. Which statement by a student indicates a correct understanding of the difference between T3 and T4?

The nurse is providing teaching to a patient diagnosed with osteoporosis about the importance of vitamin D. Which statement by the patient indicates a correct understanding of vitamin D’s role in calcium balance?

A nurse is preparing to administer IV potassium chloride to a patient with hypokalemia. Which assessment finding would require the nurse to withhold the medication and notify the healthcare provider?

A client reports 7/10 pain at the surgical site. The nurse administers 2 mg IV morphine as prescribed. Thirty minutes later, the nurse asks the client, “Can you rate your pain now?” Which step of the nursing process is the nurse performing?

Mr. Edward Mitchell, a 66-year-old gentleman with a complex medical history of cirrhosis and peptic ulcer disease, presented with a sudden onset of altered mental status and confusion, accompanied by episodes of disorientation and lethargy over the past 48 hours. His family reported a decline in cognition, new-onset bruising on the extremities, and generalized abdominal discomfort. Which health history assessment finding is most likely related to the patient’s diagnosis of cirrhosis?

Where does the heart’s normal electrical impulse begin?

A 52-year-old patient reports irregular menstrual periods, hot flashes, and mood changes. Laboratory results show decreased estrogen and progesterone levels and elevated follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). The nurse recognizes these findings are consistent with which physiologic change?

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A nurse is caring for an older adult patient with advanced pancreatic cancer who recently emigrated from Vietnam. The patient’s adult children tell the nurse that they do not want their father informed of his terminal diagnosis, explaining that in their culture, discussing death is believed to take away hope and hasten dying. The patient later asks the nurse, “Why does my family seem so sad? Is something wrong with me?” What is the best nursing action?

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