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The nurse auscultates the apical pulse in a 40-year-old patient and calculates 55 beats per minute. What does this finding indicate?

During clinical this semester, you are caring for Betty, a patient who was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. When asking her orientation questions, she says, “My name is Betty, I’m in the hospital for pneumonia, and the year is 1955.” How should you document her level of consciousness?

A patient had knee surgery two days ago and the surgeon said the incision is “healing well.” Based on this statement, what type of exudate would the nurse expect to see when completing the patient’s dressing change?

Which of the following skin lesions would be most concerning to the nurse?

To obtain an apical pulse, the nurse should place the diaphragm of the stethoscope at the:

A nurse is caring for a patient with an acute change in level of consciousness (LOC). Which assessment finding is the nurse’s priority?

When providing incontinence care to his patient, a nursing student notices that the skin on the coccyx is reddened and does not blanch. What statement made by the student demonstrates an accurate interpretation on this finding?

A patient with diabetes has an order for carbohydrate counts. The breakfast items included on the patient’s tray are: Whole wheat toast: 12g Orange juice: 20g Bacon: 0g Banana: 26g Omelet: 2g The patient ate the banana, omelet, and bacon. They also drank half of the orange juice. How many carbohydrates should be documented in IHIS? 

A concern of having too much cash on the balance sheet is:

Camp Depot, Inc included the following information in its annual report:     2019   2018    2017 Sales 178,400 162,500 155,500 Cost of Goods Sold 115,000 102,500 100,000 Operating Expenses 50,000 50,000 45,000 Operating Income 13,400 10,000 10,500 In a common-size income statement for 2017, the cost of goods sold is expressed as: