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A nurse assesses a patient’s palate and notes a thick white plaque that does not scrape off. The most appropriate response is:

A nurse teaches a client non-medication strategies to reduce gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms. Which of the following demonstrates the client’s understanding of the teaching and actions that should be taken by the client? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is assessing a client’s first heart sound. The nurse interprets this finding as indicating which heart action?

During a routine lung assessment, the nurse hears adventitious sounds while auscultating a client’s lungs. Which action should the nurse take first?

A nurse is auscultating a client’s heart sounds. What action should the nurse perform during this assessment?

A 35-year-old African American male with a 20-year history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and smoking is being evaluated for extensive peripheral vascular disease. During the nursing health history, which question would be most important for the nurse to ask to obtain additional assessment data?

A nurse is assessing a patient’s tongue and asks them to stick it out. The tongue deviates to the right side. What does this suggest?

A client presents with chest pain described as a pressure and squeezing sensation that is steady and severe. The nurse would suspect which system as the most likely source?

The nurse would assess for which of the following after noting circumoral cyanosis in a client?

A patient presents to the ER with epiglottitis and a high-pitched inspiratory stridor. What is the most appropriate intervention that the nurse should do first?