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A nurse reviews the health history of a client with an oversecretion of renin. Which disorder should the nurse correlate with this assessment finding?

Morphine relieves some, but not all pain in a client with renal calculi. Which of the following nursing interventions could be used to further facilitate pain relief?

Which has greater angular speed, a horse near the outside rail of a merry-go-round or a horse near the inside rail?

A mass M is attached to an ideal massless spring. When this system is set in motion, it has a period T. What is the period if the mass is doubled to 2M?

The nurse is conducting a history on a male client to determine the severity of symptoms associated with prostate enlargement. Which finding is most important cause for prompt action by the nurse?

A nurse obtains a sterile urine specimen from a client’s Foley catheter. After applying a clamp to the drainage tubing, which action should the nurse take next?

A nurse teaches a female client who has stress incontinence. Which statements should the nurse include about pelvic muscle exercises? (Select all that apply.)

During patient teaching, the nurse informs the patient that in preparation for an ultrasound of the lower urinary tract the patient will require:

A person weighing 900 N is standing on snowshoes.  Each snowshoe has area 2500 cm2 and has negligible weight.  What pressure does this person’s weight exert on the snow?

A nurse is reviewing the chart of a new client in the family medicine clinic and notes the client is identified as “George Smith.” The nurse enters the room and finds a woman in a skirt. What action by the nurse is best?