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When reviewing your patient’s chart, you see an order for “blood glucose monitoring ACHS.” What does this indicate?

A student is seen at the Wilce Student Health Center for a sore throat. Which type of health assessment would be most appropriate for the nurse to conduct at this time?

When assessing a patient’s blood pressure, the nurse is likely to obtain a falsely low reading if:

You hear a bed alarm go off while reviewing your patient’s chart. How should you respond?

Which assessment finding is considered abnormal in a healthy adult?

What is the primary benefit of conducting bedside report during a nursing shift change?

During a physical assessment, the nurse notices multiple, well-circumscribed, circular bruises on the patient’s back. How should the nurse respond?

All of the following actions are within a nursing student’s scope of practice except:

Carol, your patient during clinical, has a code status of DNR-CCA. What does this code status indicate?

A nurse is monitoring a patient whose condition is rapidly deteriorating. The patient is showing signs of respiratory distress but is still responsive and has a pulse. Which action should the nurse take next?