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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?

Describe at least one potential short-term and  at least two long-term performance effects of an eating disorder.

The nurse is caring for a client immediately after a diagnostic cardiac catheterization due to a diagnosis of coronary artery disease. The most recent laboratory results are BUN 30mg/dL Creatinine 1.7.mg/dL. Which of the following would the nurse include in the plan of care?    

The care team is considering the use of dialysis in a client whose renal function is progressively declining. Renal replacement therapy is indicated in which of the following situations?  

Absorption of which of the following nutrients decreases in older age? Select all that apply. 

Ordered: Drug Z IV infusion 1 mg per kg per hour Available: Drug Z 1000 mg/500 mL Patient’s weight: 80 kg round to the nearest whole number calculate the flow rate. [BLANK-1] ml/hr

A nurse observes unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) providing care to a client with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Which action would require the nurse to intervene?    

The physician orders Tagamet 600 mg PO bid. The medication available is 300 mg /5 mL. How many tsp will you give? round to the nearest whole number [BLANK-1] tsp

Order: IV 250 mL NS with 600 Units of Humulin R to infuse at 15 Units/hr round to the nearest tenth Calculate mL/hr: [BLANK-1] ml/hr