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Which of the following are appropriate to include in nursing assessments and interventions for a patient that has been placed in skeletal traction 30 minutes ago? (select all that apply)

You are caring for a 67-year-old female patient that is preparing for a left knee arthroplasty. You are providing patient education on the medications that will be used in her care. Match each medication with the appropriate patient teaching regarding that medication. (Each answer option will be used only once.)

The nurse is assessing the client with a wound that is considered chronic. The client asks the nurse to explain the difference between chronic and acute wounds. Which of the following would best describes the primary difference between chronic and acute? 

The nurse is educating a 16-year-old female newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about glucagon injections.  Which statement by the patient indicates an understanding of the action of glucagon? 

A 64-year-old male patient with diabetes is hospitalized with acute osteomyelitis of the left great toe.   Which nursing intervention is the highest priority?  

A 5-year-old child is admitted with a wound infection. The nurse prepares to change the dressing. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is assessing a newborn. Which of the following should the nurse understand is a clinical manifestation of pyloric stenosis?

The nurse plans care for a client who is diagnosed with atopic dermatitis. Select all of the teaching points the nurse should include in the plan of care. 

You are the nurse caring for the four patients listed below. Review the information about these patients and use the drop-down menus to correctly complete the sentence below.  Patient 1: 63-year-old male with a cast on his left leg who reports feeling a “hot spot” under his cast. Patient 2: 32-year-old female in Buck’s traction and reports pain of 8/10. Patient 3: 58-year-old male with a left femur fracture, now reporting severe unrelieved pain along with pressure and paresthesia to the left lower extremity. Patient 4: 73-year-old female with a left knee arthroplasty that has not voided in 3 hours and is now requesting assistance to the bedside commode.   The patient that you need to see most urgently is and this patient is most likely experiencing complications related to .

Match the diagnostic test with the disorder that it is often used to screen.