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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?

A client is taking furosemide (Lasix) 40 mg/day for management of chronic kidney disease (CKD). To detect the positive effect of the medication, which action by the nurse is best assessment measure? 

Which of the following is a unit of torque?

Salt water has greater density than fresh water. A boat floats in both fresh water and in salt water. Where is the buoyant force greater on the boat?

The autonomic nervous system controls all of the following except the ________.

Figure 12-1 The Spinal CordUse Figure 12-1 to answer the following questions:Where do somatic motor neurons reside?