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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? 

Which intervention is a recommended guideline for assessing postoperative elimination needs?

During an assessment the nurse finds that the patient has vesicular breath sounds over most of their chest.  What should the nurse interpret this as?

Identify the muscle at the tip of the pointer labeled “A” in the image below.