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A 72-year old who has benign prostatic hypertrophy admitted to the hospital with chills, fever, and vomiting. Which finding by the nurse will be most helpful in determining whether the patient has an upper urinary tract infection?

Which assessment finding in a patient who was admitted the previous day with a basilar skull fracture is most important to report to the health care provider?    

A patient has arrived in the ER with suspected acute pyelonephritis. As a nurse you know the S/S are:  

The most common symptom reported by the patient with a brain tumor is:    

The nurse should expect __________ as symptoms in a patient with acute glomerulonephritis.

During the assessment of a patient who has a tumor of the left frontal lobe, the nurse would expect to find:    

   A patient with renal calculi hospitalized with gross hematuria and severe colicky left flank pain.  Which nursing action will be of highest priority?    

Your patient, admitted to the hospital with a pre-renal condition, asks the nurse what could have caused this problem. As the nurse your response should include which information?

A patient has cranial surgery with left hemiplegia. After their acute stay and in the acute care rehabilitation setting your assessment and intervention for neglect would be: (Select all that apply)  

The emergency department nurse is caring for a patient who has been brought in by ambulance after sustaining a fall at home. The patient is exhibiting an altered level of consciousness.  Following a skull x-ray, the patient is diagnosed with a basilar skull fracture.  Upon assessment, which sign should alert the nurse to this type of fracture?