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A nurse is teaching the partner of a client who had an acute myocardial infarction (MI) about the reason blood was drawn from the client.  Which of the following statements should the nurse make regarding cardiac enzymes studies?

The nurse assesses a client with heart block who has a heart rate of 35 beats per minute.  Which assessment should the nurse complete first?

A nurse is providing discharge instructions for a client who has heart failure.  Which of the following client statements indicates to the nurse that the teaching was effective?

A client is admitted to the hospital with a two day history of abdominal pain and severe diarrhea.  Which arterial blood gas (ABG) value should the nurse expect to see with this client? (Normal value ranges: pH 7.35-7.45, pCO2 35-45 mm Hg, HCO3 21-28 mEq/L, PaO2 80-100 mm Hg)

The nurse is caring for a client who has a sodium level of 128 mEq/L.  As part of the care, which of the following should the nurse restrict? (Normal value range: sodium 136-145 mEq/L)

In order to support the efforts of the body to compensate for a metabolic acidosis, which of the following would be a priority nursing intervention?

The student nurse is caring for a client in sickle cell crisis.  Which action by the student nurse warrants intervention by the supervising nurse?

A client diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is staged as IIB.  Which of the following would the nurse expect the client to exhibit?

A nurse is reviewing the PT, aPTT, and INR laboratory values for a client who is experiencing an acute episode of disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). Which of the following laboratory results should the nurse expect?

A 26-year-old female with type 1 diabetes complains of a sore throat and rhinorhea after caring for her sick toddler. The client calls the clinic for advice about her symptoms and a blood glucose level of 210 mg/dL, despite taking her usual glargine (Lantus) and lispro (Humalog) insulin. The nurse advises the client to: (Normal value ranges: fasting glucose 74-106 mg/dL, HbA1c 4-5.9%)