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A nurse enters the room of a client and finds the client lying on the floor. Which of the following actions should the nurse take First?

A client is being discharged home after surgery. Which of the following actions by the nurse ensures continuity of care?

The patient reports this painless, dome-shaped, fluctuant nodule after biting their lip.  What is the probable diagnosis?  

Which of the following are triggering factors for emergence of the pictured lesion(s)? 

Identify the following lesion.  

The mechanism of action of tetracycline is to bind Mg and what other divalent cation? 

Which intervention is important for the nurse to perform before beginning antibiotic therapy? 

A patient is being prepared for colon surgery and will be receiving neomycin tablets during the day before surgery. He asks the nurse why he needs to take this medicine before he even has surgery. What is the nurse’s best response? 

A client is to receive antibiotic therapy with a cephalosporin. When assessing the patient’s drug history, the nurse recognizes that an allergy to which drug class may be a possible contraindication to cephalosporin therapy?

A client arrives at the emergency department complaining of a migraine. They are uncertain what caused it.  What instruction will the nurse give?