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The nurse completes a physical assessment on a client that is receiving hospice care. The family asks what physical manifestations indicate end-of-life? Which assessment findings would you include in your teaching to the family? Select all that apply. 

Which actions will the nurse include in the surgical time-out procedure before anesthesia? Select all that apply.

The nurse suggests that a client recently diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) plan to start each day with which of the following?

The nurse is assessing a new adult client. What characteristic of this client’s status should the nurse identify as increasing the client’s risk for glaucoma?

The nurse provides discharge instructions to a client after being admitted with migraine headaches. The client should be taught to notify the healthcare provider is which of the following occurs?

The nurse is discharging a client with a right lower leg fracture. The nurse should teach the client to notify the health care provider if which of the following occurs?

The operating room nurse is taking the client into the operating room when the client says his grandmother almost died from a high fever in surgery 15 years ago. What is the nurse’s best action?

A client with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has a living will that states they do not want endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation as a means of respiratory resuscitation. As the client’s condition deteriorates, the client asks whether they can change their decision. Which response by the nurse is best?

Which statements reflect the nursing management of a client with expressive aphasia? (Select all apply)

The nurse is caring for an unresponsive terminally ill client who has 20-second periods of apnea followed by periods of deep and rapid breathing. Which action by the nurse would be appropriate?