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After being stained with crystal violet, how will a gram-positive gonococcus react?

A nervous male patient asks the nurse why “they have to put their finger up there?” Which response by the nurse is the most helpful?

The nurse is aware that of the known infertility causes, approximately what percentage is due to male factors?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is newly diagnosed with myasthenia gravis and is to start taking neostigmine. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

A patient enters the emergency department with right-sided weakness and vision changes. What assessment finding should be communicated to the RN or physician immediately?

A nurse is monitoring a client diagnosed with Lyme disease. Which finding would suggest that the disease is in the early stages?

The nurse is reviewing the physician’s orders for a client with Meniere’s disease. Which diet will most likely be prescribed?

Which prescribed intervention will the nurse implement first for a patient in the emergency department who is experiencing continuous tonic-clonic seizures (status epilepticus)?

Teaching for a client who has osteoporosis should emphasize which of these?

A client diagnosed with degenerative joint disease of the fingers reports now having bumps on the fingers that do not hurt. The nurse observes bony nodules on the distal interphalangeal joints. What type of “bumps” does the nurse understand these are?