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 A nurse is reinforcing dietary teaching with a client who has iron deficiency anemia. Which of the following foods should the nurse recommend?

 A nurse is reinforcing dietary teaching with a client who has iron deficiency anemia. Which of the following foods should the nurse recommend?

 A client presents to the ER with complaints of severe joint pain, especially in his hands and feet. While collecting data, the nurse recognizes that these symptoms are related to an occlusive crisis and ischemia in distal blood vessels.   Which of the following interventions is priority?

 A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following vascular surgery. Which of the following manifestations should indicate to the nurse that the client has developed a thrombus?

 A 23-year-old male patient with hemophilia A says, “How can I keep my children from having hemophilia?” Which of the following is the most informative response?

A nurse is preparing to administer amoxicillin 30 mg/kg/day divided doses every 12 hr to a toddler who weighs 33 lb. Available is amoxicillin 200 mg/5 mL suspension. How many mL should the nurse administer every 12 hr? (Round to nearest tenth)

 A 23-year-old male patient with hemophilia A says, “How can I keep my children from having hemophilia?” Which of the following is the most informative response?

A nurse is reviewing laboratory values of a client who has immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse expect to be decreased?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a history of chronic ulcerative colitis and has a new diagnosis of anemia. The nurse should explain to the client that which of the following manifestations of colitis can result from anemia? 

PHYSICIAN ORDERS IV LR 1000 mL @ 125mL/hr Insert/leave Foley NPO CT abdomen LLE xray & Consult Ortho T&C 2 units PRBC Cefoxatime 1Gm IVPB now Torodol 30mg IM Q 6 hours   LABS WBC 11,00 Hgb 8.5 Urine SG 1.035 K+ 4.5 Na+149 ABG’s      pH  7.3      Co2  37      HCO3  20   Nurse’s Notes BP 80/38 P 108 R 28   32 y.o. male received status post motor vehicle accident. Non-responsive to verbal or tactile stimuli, PERRLA, Abdomen rigid and distended. Multiple lacerations to bilateral lower extremities, compound fracture of LEFT tibia covered with saline gauze and splinted. The nurse is caring for the above client received in the ED. The type and cross match is completed, and the blood bank is preparing the 2 units of packed cells for transfusion. In preparation for the transfusion, the nurse understands the following nursing intervention must be performed first: