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A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client diagnosed with chronic renal failure. The client has been prescribed sevelamer hydrochloride 800 mg po TID.  Which of the following statements indicates a need for further education?  

What is the most life-threatening electrolyte imbalance associated with kidney disease or injury?  

A 51-year-old client is being discharged from the hospital following treatment with anticoagulants for a deep vein thrombosis. The nurse includes important education to the client about which intervention?  

A nurse is caring for a client with impaired renal function. A 24-hour urine collection is ordered. The nurse informs the client it will be necessary to complete which intervention?    

A client with primary hypertension comes to an outclient clinic complaining of a gradual onset of blurry vision and decreased visual acuity over the past several weeks. vital signs are Temperature: 99.1°Farenheit, Pulse: 98 beats/min, Respirations: 18, Blood pressure: 152/89, O2 Saturation: 98% . The nurse responds with which statement?  

A nurse is caring for a client who received a kidney transplant 4 days ago. During interdisciplinary rounds, it is most important for the nurse to report which assessment finding?  

The nurse is developing a care plan for a client being treated for hypertension. What is a measurable client outcome that the nurse should include?  

The home health nurse is caring for a client with a comorbidity of hypertension. What assessment finding would require immediate intervention?    

A client presents with severe muscle pain and reports taking atorvastatin.  The nurse understands the priority for this client is to take which action?    

A nurse working on a telemetry unit is caring for a client with acute kidney injury due to administration of a nephrotoxic medication. The client’s labs BUN: 67 mg/dL, Creatinine: 2.9 mg/dL, Na: 140 mEq/L Cl: 109 mmol/L K: 7.0 mEq/L PO4: 2.7 mg/dL Mg: 2.1 mg/dL. The client’s output of the last 4 hours has been: 110 mL.  On telemetry the client is presenting in the rhythm below. What is the nurses’s priority action?