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A nurse is caring for a client who is newly admitted to the facility for chest pain. At which of the following times should the nurse begin teaching about medications and discharge planning?

A nurse is instructing a pregnant client concerning the potential risk to her fetus from a pregnancy category D drug. What should the nurse inform the client?

The nurse received an order to administer “acetaminophen 500 mg PO PRN q4h for incisional pain”. At which of the following time/s should the nurse administer the medication?

The nurse is assessing factors that may affect the absorption of a drug that the nurse will soon administer. What factor should the nurse prioritize?

A nurse is assessing the client’s home medication use. After listening to the client’s list of current medications, the nurse asks what priority question?

32.  A patient asks how viruses are able to reproduce. Which statement best explains this process?

33. A patient asks why they cannot control their heartbeat but can move their arms. Which explanation is correct?

A 37 year old patient with severe CP, SOB, and CHF was admitted to a local hospital.  His coronary angiogram reveals thrombosis in the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery.  What condition could result from blockage of blood flow in the circumflex branch?  (Hint: stenosis = narrow; insufficiency = leaky)

A 61 year old male falls off a ladder and breaks multiple ribs.  He immediately has difficulty breathing and calls for an ambulance.  Paramedics do not hear breath sounds on his right side.  If he has a pneumothorax, what happened to the right intrapleural pressure?

In the evolution of ecchymoses (bruising), which cells are responsible for phagocytosis of erythrocytes leading to release of hemosiderin and iron free pigments?