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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?

A patient who lacks decision-making capacity may be identified in the hospital setting by:

What does a pink “limb alert” band on a patient’s arm indicate?

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?