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The nurse has completed a skin audit on a client with dark skin for the presence of a pressure ulcer. The nurse should:

A client in a hospice program has increasing pain. The nurse and client collaborate to schedule analgesics to provide:

Which condition is the client most likely experiencing?

A client is admitted with pneumonia and shingles with draining lesions over the right anterior and posterior chest wall. Of the nurses scheduled for the shift, which nurses may be assigned to care for this client? Select all that apply.

What is the primary intervention by the nurse while caring for a client with terminal lung cancer?

An alert and oriented elderly client is admitted to the hospital for treatment of cellulitis of the left shoulder after an arthroscopy. Which fall prevention strategy is most appropriate for this client?

Which client should receive a shingles vaccine? A client who:

A client had cataract surgery. Which sign or symptom should the nurse tell the client to report immediately to the health care provider?

The nurse is assigned to care for a female client with herpes zoster (Shingles). Which of the following characteristics would the nurse expect to note when viewing the lesions of this infection?

When a client with cancer does not respond to medical treatment any longer and a restorative cure is unrealistic, which nursing action is most helpful initially to a client dealing with a terminal condition?