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When caring for a patient with renal failure who is on a low phosphate diet, the nurse will inform unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) to remove which food item  from the patient’s food tray?

The nurse is instructing a client to eat foods that are low in potassium, such as (Select all that apply)

A confused elderly patient exhibits restlessness, a decrease in urinary output, dry, sticky oral mucous membranes, and elevated serum sodium level of 156 mEq/L (Normal range 135 mEq/L to 145 mEq/L). The nurse knows that the physician would be most likely to order which of the following:

Which of the following could most likely lead to hyperkalemia?

A small child is hospitalized with severe metabolic acidosis after ingesting a whole bottle of baby aspirin approximately 8 hours earlier. Which nursing action is the most appropriate?

A patient who is lethargic and exhibits deep, rapid respirations has the following arterial blood gas (ABG) results: pH 7.32,  PaCO2 37 mm Hg, and HCO3 16 mEq/L. How should the nurse interpret these results? (Normal ranges = pH 7.35 to 7.45;   PaCO2  35 to 45;  HCO3-  22 to 26)

Imbalances in potassium are most likely to result in which of the following: 

Which term identifies what is being administered when a nurse hangs an IV bag with Na+, K+, and Cl–?

A client complains of a headache, backache, and nausea and vomiting 30 minutes after the start of a blood transfusion.  Which one of the following actions should the nurse take first?

All the chemical reactions in the organism that support life are called …………