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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?  

While caring for a dialysis patient you get a call from the Dialysis nurse. What should you communicate?