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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%) 

The nurse is providing education to a child recently diagnosed with hemophilia.  Which comment by the parent indicates the need for further education?