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A client who has a positive test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies is admitted to the hospital with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) and a CD4+ count of less than 200 cells/μL. Based on diagnostic criteria established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which statement by the nurse is correct?

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has acute kidney injury. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a potential causative factor? 

What is the priority problem for a client experiencing an acute attack with Meniere’s disease?

A nurse is caring for a client who has disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Which of the following laboratory values indicates the client’s clotting factors are depleted? (Select all that apply.)

A client who is being admitted to the emergency department with intermittent chest pain receives an order for SL nitroglycerin. The client gives the following list of daily medications to the nurse. Which medication is considered a contraindication?

The nurse is caring for a client in sickle cell crisis. Which action by the nurse warrants intervention by the supervising nurse? 

What concern should the nurse anticipate for a client who had a right hemisphere stroke?

Which client has the most predisposing factors that are associated with heat-related illness?    

The nurse is caring for a pregnant client at 32 weeks gestation with an 8-year history of insulin-dependent diabetes. She comes to the clinic stating “I’m having low back pain, and there is some drainage in my underwear. I’m terrified and shaking.” After checking the fetal heart tones, what should be the nurse’s first action?

The belief that the mind and the body are separate things is ______.