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A student is late for his appointment and has rushed across campus to the health clinic. Before assessing his vital signs, the nurse should:

Which of the following statements accurately describes the concept of culturally competent care?

During assessment of history of presenting illness, a 45-year-old client who reports foot pain that started yesterday. During the health history the client says: “it hurts so much he cannot walk.” The client reports that the pain started after walking to work. Which symptom characteristics has the client reported?

A nurse is conducting an interview to assess an elderly female client in a home care setting.  When the nurse asked the client who she lived with, she said she has lived like a hermit all her life.  The nurse responded, “What exactly do you mean by that?” What type of therapeutic communication technique did the nurse use?

When assessing the quality of a client’s pain, which of the following questions by the nurse would be appropriate?

The nurse is conducting a review of systems with a client, which of the following is an appropriate health promotion question during a review of systems?  

The nurse is reassessing a client’s respirations after administering a narcotic pain medication. The nurse finds the rate to be 8 respirations/min. What should the nurse do next? 

A woman brings her father to see his primary care doctor for an examination after her father fell and hit his head. She is worried because since the fall the client has been having significant short-term memory loss. The nurse should complete which of the following:

The nurse is performing a general survey on a client.  Which action is a component of the general survey of a client?

A client is brought by ambulance to the emergency room suffering from multiple traumas received in an automobile accident. He is alert and cooperative, but his injuries are quite severe. How would you proceed with the data collection?