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S: 33-year-old female client with a 2-day history of feeling unwell has come to the emergency department today. She has been experiencing general fatigue, aches, chills, and decreased appetite over the past two days. In the last 12 hours, she has had new onset of shortness of breath with exertion, fever, and frequent cough productive of small amounts of yellow sputum. A Chest X-ray is completed which shows pneumonia in the right lung. B: Client is a healthy adult with no past medical history. A: T 102.6 F, HR 116, RR 28, BP 114/76, SpO2 88% on Room Air. Client is alert & oriented x4, mildly anxious, with increased work of breathing, and a flushed appearance. Crackles are auscultated in the right lung, left lung sounds are clear. Radial and pedal pulses are strong, she has no peripheral edema. R: Which of the below assessment findings would indicate potential for pneumonia in this patient?

Identify the appropriate pain scale for use with the following clients.

A client 36 years of age is able to understand the health education when she is given the opportunity to put the education into practice. The nurse helps the client to self-administer the medication dosage before the client is discharged from the health care facility. Which domain correctly identifies the client’s learning style?

When explaining the abnormal but often expected, clouding or opacity of the lens of the eye that occurs with aging, what is the most appropriate statement made by the nurse?

The primary healthcare provider has prescribed sixty (60%) oxygen for the client.  Which oxygen delivery equipment would be the most appropriate for the nurse to utilize to administer the oxygen to this client? 

Which class of sleep medications is the most commonly prescribed?

A nurse is caring for a client who is terminally ill. Which of the following statements would the nurse identify as a therapeutic response from a family member?

You are caring for a client that had a thoracentesis a few hours earlier.  Which assessment finding should the nurse report immediately to the primary health care provider? 

The nurse is preparing to administer Flomax 0.4mg PO for urinary retention of their male client. Available is Flomax 0.2mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer?  _______

To adequately assess the quality of a client’s pain, which question would be most appropriate?