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A nurse is teaching a surgical patient about postoperative p.r.n. pain control. Which of the following should be included?

Which of the following arterial blood gases (ABGs) would the nurse expect to see when a client has apnea?

A patient has an abrupt onset of a cluster of global changes in attention, cognition, and level of consciousness. What would be the most appropriate nursing diagnosis?

The nurse has administered 3% saline to a patient with hyponatremia. Which one of these assessment data will require the most rapid response by the nurse?

The nurse is caring for a group of clients.  Which of the following individuals is likely to require more hours of sleep?

What assessment finding would be consistent with fluid volume excess?  Select all that apply.

A patient has an abrupt onset of a cluster of global changes in attention, cognition, and level of consciousness. What would be the most appropriate nursing diagnosis?

The nurse reviews the following ABG result:  pH 7.49, pCO2 30, HCO3 25.  How would the nurse interpret this?

When caring for a client with pneumonia, the nurse should be most concerned with what assessment?

A nurse auscultates low pitched, coarse, gurgling (rhonchi) in the lower lobes of the lungs.  What is a nursing intervention to correct this abnormal finding?