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A client in a hypertensive emergency is admitted to the critical care unit. In the emergency room the vital signs are: Temperature: 97.9°Farenheit, Pulse: 88 beats/min, Respirations: 20, Blood pressure: 230/108, O2 Saturation: 95%.  At 1000 the client is started on prescribed intravenous nitroprusside at 5 mcg/kg/min.  The nurse applies evidence based practice guidelines and determines the intervention was effective, if at 1100am the reassessment reveals which of the following patient data?  

The nurse is caring for a client with peripheral arterial disease. Which of the following statements by the client would warrant intervention?  

The nurse receives AM report for the following clients. Which of the following should the nurse assess first?  

DNA affects the traits of an organism by providing the instructions for synthesizing_________.

The genetic code uses _________ nucleotide(s) to specify one amino acid.

A nurse is caring for a client with a tracheostomy receiving mechanical ventilation. What action should the nurse perform when caring for the tracheostomy?  

A client with renal impairment needs a diuretic. The health care provider has prescribed a potassium-sparing diuretic. What nursing intervention would be most important for this client?  

An educator in the emergency room is teaching the emergency room nurses about hypertensive crisis. The nurse educator explains that hypertensive urgency differs from hypertensive emergency based on which statement?

A client with hypertension on antihypertensive medications has a nursing diagnosis of ineffective health maintenance due to nonadherence to the therapeutic regimen. When developing the plan of care, what informatin is imperative for the nurse to collect before developing a desired outcome for this client?     

A client is 1 day postoperative following a kidney transplantation from a living donor. The nurse’s most recent assessment finds the client is producing copious quantities of dilute urine. The most appropriate action is to do which of the following?