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The nurse is worried that a client who is not entirely reliable is being discharged home on therapy for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. What strategy is the best to use for this client?

Which is the nurse’s best response to an older adult client who is hesitant to take the pneumococcal vaccination and influenza vaccine in the same year?

What symptoms assist in determining that the patient has active Tuberculosis (TB) disease? (Select all that apply.)

A client with diabetes has proliferative retinopathy, nephropathy, and peripheral neuropathy. Which statement by the client indicates a good understanding of the disease and exercise?

A patient is prescribed potassium chloride 20 mEq because of excessive loose stools. The nurse includes which information in explaining the rationale for this medication?

The home care nurse finds a client who has diabetes awake and alert, but shaky, diaphoretic, and weak. The nurse gives the client cup of apple juice . The client’s clinical manifestations have not changed 5 minutes later. Which is the nurse’s best next action?

On the second postoperative day after a subtotal thyroidectomy, the client tells the nurse that he feels numbness and tingling around his mouth. Which is the nurse’s priority intervention?

When obtaining a client’s vital signs, the nurse assesses a blood pressure of 134/88 mm Hg. What is the nurse’s best intervention?

A young adult client newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus has been taught about self-care. Which statement by the client indicates a good understanding of needed eye examinations?

The nurse is analyzing the intake and output record for a male patient being treated for dehydration. The patient weighs 176 lbs and had a 24-hour oral intake of 1,500 mL and urine output of 1,000 mL. Based on this data, which conclusion by the nurse is the most appropriate?