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A client with a 10-year history of asthma presents with respiratory distress, labored breathing, use of accessory muscles, and audible inspiratory and expiratory wheezes. Which of the following assessments would most readily indicate the client’s asthmatic condition is worsening?

A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client diagnosed with asthma.  The client has been prescribed inhaled budesonide.  Which of the following statements indicates a need for further education?

Union Army meant North, and the Confederate Army meant the South 

The nurse is completing a focused assessment addressing a client’s immune function. The client’s morning labs have an Anti-Nuclear Antibodies (ANA) of 2, Hepatitis A virus antibodies negative,  C-Reactive protein of 2 mg/dL and an ESR of 32.  What should the nurse prioritize in the physical assessment?

A nurse uses sterile technique while suctioning a client with a tracheostomy. The purpose of maintaining sterile technique while actively suctioning the client is to break the chain of infection at which element?

A client has a prescription to take guaifenesin. The nurse determines that the client understands the proper administration of this medication if the client states he will perform which action?

Which military district was Texas in?

The Reconstruction period officially ended with the Compromise of 1877.

You are the nurse taking care of a 38yo woman, married with 2 children. She has a history of chronic pain, which has been newly diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Which priority nursing diagnosis is most likely to apply to this client’s care needs?  

Which of the following interventions are indicated for post needle stick HIV exposure prophylaxis for nurses? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY