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Q39.  The nurse assigned to the newborn nursery is conducting shift assessments. While assessing one newborn, the nurse notes the respiratory rate is 52 breaths per minute. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

Q95.  The student nurse is learning about the use of diuretics for fluid volume excess. Which is not a common diuretic? 

Q54.  A nurse is caring for an adult client recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism. Which clinical manifestations should the nurse expect to focus on when assessing and interviewing the client? Select all that apply.

Q69. The nurse is caring for a client who has had a myocardial infarction. The client states, “I have been smoking for 35 years, what good will quitting do?” Which response is best?

Q67. A 68-year-old woman is scheduled to undergo mitral valve replacement for severe mitral stenosis and mitral regurgitation. Although the diagnosis was made during childhood, she did not have any symptoms until 4 years ago.  After the initial health assessment the nurse knows that the following childhood infection could be contributing to the patients current symptoms?

Q65. The nurse is preparing to conduct a cardiac assessment for a pediatric client.  Which location will nurse use when auscultating the apical pulse?

Q91.  A client who weighs 154 lbs. is receiving intravenous fluid replacement therapy.  Which urinary output would indicate that efforts to rehydrate this client have been successful.

Q71. The nurse is positioning a client with left-sided heart failure in bed. Which sleeping position is most appropriate for this client?

Q88.  Which system is responsible for compensation during metabolic acidosis?

Q34. The nurse educator is teaching a group of students about the different types of bowel obstruction. Which type of obstruction caused by hernia will the educator identify as having an impaired blood supply?