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The nurse cares for a client diagnosed with acute infective endocarditis (IE).  The client reports painful, tender, pea-sized lesions on their fingers.  Which is the best description of these findings?  

A client returns to the clinic for routine laboratory monitoring for his chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 2. He reports to the nurse that he’s getting better because over the past few weeks, he only urinates a few times a day and doesn’t need to get up in the middle of the night to void.  The nurse reviews his laboratory results and finds that his glomerular filtration rate has decreased from 65 mL/min to 40 mL/min. What will the nurse include in a health teaching plan for this client? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY (5).

A nurse is assessing a client suspected of having cardiac tamponade. Which of the following findings indicates the presence of pulsus paradoxus?

A nurse is caring for a group of critically ill clients. Which of the following clients are exhibiting potential manifestations of septic shock? (Select All that Apply)  

A nurse is providing care for a postoperative client. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse identify as indicating the development of postoperative shock?

A nurse is teaching a client who has pericarditis. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the client teaching to explain the cause of pericarditis?

A 55-year-old patient with a history of hypertension is prescribed an oral antihypertensive medication, amlodipine. The healthcare provider decides to increase the dosage to 20 mg once daily. Each tablet of amlodipine is 10 mg. How many tablets should the patient take each day? (Round to the nearest whole number. Don’t add units of measurement.)

Which of the following is NOT a guideline for safety and sanitation during waxing procedures?

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Which of the following procedures uses an intense pulsed light beam that creates a burst of energy to destroy hair bulbs with minimal scarring?