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A patient is treated in the emergency department for shock following an automobile accident. The nurse knows that shock is a clinical syndrome in which cellular dysfunction and organ failure occur primarily as a result of:

The white blood cell (WBC) differential on a client indicates a shift to the left. The nurse makes which accurate interpretation of this report?

All of the following lab results would be expected with a patient with HHNK except:

Which response from the patient with advanced osteoarthritis alerts the nurse to a problem coping with the image and role changes necessitated by disease progression?

Nursing care for a patient with peripheral artery disease would include which of the following interventions?

A patient is ready to discharge from the hospital to their home following a total hip arthroplasty. The nurse would ensure which of the following is available for the patient at the time of discharge?

A 45-year-old male patient with a history of chronic kidney disease is admitted to the hospital with weakness and confusion. His arterial blood gas (ABG) results are as follows: pH: 7.28 PaCO2: 36 mmHg HCO3-: 18 mEq/L Based on these ABG results, which acid-base imbalance is the patient experiencing?

Why are geriatric patients at a higher risk for fluid imbalances?

The nurse assesses an 80-year-old patient in an assisted living facility who has not been eating or drinking as much as usual. Which assessment finding would best indicate the presence of fluid volume deficit (FVD)?

A patient has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.32, PaO2 58 mmHg, PaCO2 55 mmHg, HCO3 22mEq/L and SaO2 86%. The nurse recognizes these values as evidence of: