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A nurse is administering a prescribed hypertonic saline enema to a client with constipation. Which is a function of hypertonic saline enema?

A hospital client with type 1 diabetes requires the administration of 4 units of regular (short-acting) insulin and 12 units of NPH (long-acting) insulin. The nurse knows to combine these two types of insulin immediately before administration. What is the rationale for the nurse’s action?

A nurse is caring for a client with pseudoconstipation. What can cause pseudoconstipation in a client?

Mannitol Salt Agar is a selective and differential media. It selects for _____ and is differential for _____. 

 A client has been given fecal immunochemical test (FIT) testing supplies. What teaching will the nurse provide about the purpose for this test?

A nurse is caring for a client with an implanted catheter. The nurse knows that a dressing is applied over the implanted catheter on which of the following occasions?

The nurse is caring for a client who just underwent endoscopy. Which assessment finding requires immediate nursing intervention?

You plated diluted saliva samples on Petrifilms and counted the following numbers of colonies for each dilution:  Dilution Factor 10-4 10-5 10-6 10-7 10-8 CFU/mL 1089 756 432 244 15 Which dilution factor should you use to calculate the initial CFU/mL of your sample?

A nurse is assessing the preoperative checklist of a client. Which observation listed in the preoperative checklist should the nurse verify?

When we initially isolated our microbes from the environment, we used Tryptic Soy Agar (TSA). TSA is an example of what type of media?