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A patient asks why she needs a non-stress test every week. Which is the best response by the nurse?

The nurse checks the client’s telemetry.  Below is the recorded rhythm. The appropriate documentation in the chart would be the following?   

The application of electrical stimulation to denervated muscle may:

What is the average urine output of a healthy adult for a 24hr period? Key word average meaning for most persons most of the time. 

A nurse is monitoring a patient in early labor. Which of the following is a normal finding? 

The nurse is performing an assessment of body systems on a male nursing home client and realizes that an age-related change affecting the renal or urinary system with regards to medications there is: 

Upon chart review of a client in acute kidney injury, the nurse notes the following lab values: Potassium of 6.8 mEq/L, Sodium of 125 mEq/L, Hematocrit of 29%, and pH of 7.30. The nurse determines this client is most likely in which phase of acute kidney injury? Reference Range(s):  Potassium (3.5 mEq/L – 5.0 mEq/L) Sodium (135 mEq/L – 145 mEq/L) Hematocrit (35% – 45%) pH (7.35 – 7.45)

The correct sequence of preembryonic structures is ________.  

A nurse reviews a client’s laboratory results. Which results from the client’s urinalysis should the nurse recognize as an acute abnormal finding?  pH between 4.6 and 8, specific gravity between 1.005 and 1.030 is normal. (Select all that apply:) 

A patient has been started on oxybutynin (Ditropan) for urinary incontinence. Which incontinence is sometimes caused by bladder spasms. What is a major action of this medication?