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The nurse is assessing a client who has been receiving morphine medication via patient – controlled analgesia.  What is an early sign that could indicate that the patient is having a possible adverse reaction to the medication?

The physician orders lisinopril and furosemide to be administered concomitantly (same time) to the client with hypertension.  The nurse should:

The nurse is performing discharge teaching for a patient with peripheral artery disease.  The nurse should teach the patient to;

While taking a set of vital signs, the client complains of chest pain radiating down the left arm and shortness of breath.  The vitals are as follows: temperature 98.6 degrees F, pulse 118, respirations 26, and BP 150/90.  What would you do next?

The nurse is assigned a client who receives furosemide 40 mg IV every 12 hours and digoxin 0.25 mg po every AM.  To administer the morning dose of these drugs safety, the nurse should do with of the following. (Select all that apply)

When administering alendronate to a patient, the nurse will.

A patient with a fractured pelvis is initially treated with bed rest and no turning from side to side permitted.  The second day after admission, the patient develops chest pain, tachypnea, and tachycardia.  The nurse determines that the patient’s symptoms are most likely related to fat embolism when assessment of the patient reveals;

A health care provider adds a second medication for blood pressure control for a client whose blood pressure has not been well-controlled with one antihypertensive medication.  If the health care provider orders the following medication combination, which combination should the nurse question? 

The nurse working in the heart failure clinic will know that teaching for a 74-year-old patient with newly diagnosed heart failure has been effective when the patient;

A client is being discharged to home after application of a plaster leg cast.  Which statement indicates that the client understands proper care of the cast?