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A client with cancer is receiving Morphine IV for pain relief for the first time and reports experiencing nausea and occasional vomiting. The client asks the nurse, “What can be done about these side effects?” How should the nurse respond? Choose the best answer.

The nurse is assessing four older adult clients for readiness to live alone. Which client requires the most immediate follow-up before discharge home?

How many stages (typically) is the YMCA submaximal bike test?

A nurse is reviewing the medication history of a newly admitted older client. The nurse notes that the client has been taking a beta-blocker for many years despite no apparent history of hypertension or cardiac disease. Which action would the nurse take first?

A new nurse has attended education related to appropriate nursing documentation practices. Which practices from the list provided would the nurse identify as appropriate? Select all that apply.

Now that the semester is coming to a close and you’re another step closer to entering the real world, what do you think you would like to do when you graduate? Is this different than what you decided when you left high school? What drove you to the exercise and/or health field?

The nurse is assigned a client with renal disease. How might the nurse apply their understanding of age-related changes in the renal system to provide optimal care for the elderly client?

An elderly client, while being seen in an urgent care facility for a possible respiratory infection, asks the nurse if Medicare is going to cover the cost of the visit. What information can the nurse give the client?

A client has just had abdominal surgery and has been transferred to a rehab facility to complete her recovery. She has diabetes type II and is on a carbohydrate reduced diet. While in the care facility, the client, who is already underweight and frail, refuses to eat and begins to lose weight quickly. When developing a plan of care for the client, which action by the nurse would best support increasing dietary intake.

A client has a diagnosis of undernutrition. Which strategy should the nurse use to increase nutrient-dense intake?