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You hear a bed alarm go off while reviewing your patient’s chart. How should you respond?

Which assessment finding is considered abnormal in a healthy adult?

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?