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The nurse is assessing their patient and observe them react to pain with the following motor response. What is the suspected cause of this manifestation? 

A patient presents with fatigue, pallor, dyspnea on exertion (DOE), and headaches. Which of the following diagnoses in this patient’s medical history does the nurse relate all of these symptoms to? 

The nurse is caring for a patient post traumatic brain injury with a ventriculostomy. During report the patient’s intracranial pressure (ICP) was 12 mmHg. When the nurse returns from receiving report on another patient the nurse notes the ICP is now 16 mmHg. What does this indicate?

All of the following are manifestations of shock except: 

The pregnant patient’s prenatal record indicates that she is a gravida 4 para 2022. The nurse understands that this indicates the patient had four pregnancies and:

The nurse is caring for a client who was transferred to the antepartum unit with preeclampsia who was on Magnesium sulfate therapy in labor and delivery for the last 24 hours.  On admission the client’s blood pressure was 150/80 and 160/90.   3+ urine protein, urine output 200 mL’s /hr, headache and epigastric pain.  The client rates pain an 8 on 0-10 scale. Which of the following assessment findings by the nurse would most indicate an improvement in the client’s condition?

The nurse is assessing a G2P1 adolescent who is pregnant with her second child.   The nurse is doing a history on the adolescent for her prenatal record.  The adolescent smokes 2-3 cigarettes daily, has poor nutrition, has a history of preeclampsia with her last pregnancy, and has a lack of prenatal care.  Which of the following conditions would the nurse anticipate as a newborn complication when she delivers?

Short Answer A patient with preeclampsia is being treated inpatient with rest and magnesium sulfate. The nurse knows that the classification of this medication is a(n) ______________.

ABI Question #1 of 2: Mrs. Shuff has the following blood pressure readings: Right arm BP is 170/94 mmHg, left arm BP is 166/94 mmHg, right ankle BP is 118/84 mmHg, and left ankle BP is 116/86 mmHg. Calculate Mrs. Shuff’s ankle-brachial index (ABI).

A nurse is providing discharge teaching to Mr. Dvorak, 55-year-old patient with pertussis. Which statement indicates a need for further teaching about this illness?