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The client has experienced a fasting blood sugar in excess of 300 mg/dl (16.65 mmol/l) and is now diagnosed as having diabetes. The nurse plans care for this client based on the nursing concern of the client’s knowledge deficit. Place in order the actions of using the nursing process for this client. Use all options.A. The client’s blood sugar is over 300 mg/dl (16.65 mmol/l). The client is diagnosed as having diabetes. The nurse assesses the client’s understanding as having no previous exposure to diabetes or care to manage health problems.B. The nurse teaches the client addressing all domains—affective, cognitive, and psychomotor.C. The nurse evaluates the client as achieving or not achieving each outcome.D. The nurse addresses the client’s learning needs by writing outcomes and education plans that involve disease process, self-monitoring of blood glucose, medications, diet, and checking the feet daily.E. The nurse analyzed the data and determined this client has multiple problems requiring education. The nurse writes one of the nursing concerns is a knowledge deficit related to client’s lack of exposure as evidenced by verbalizing inaccurate information.

Heparin is to infuse at a rate of 30 units/kg/hour. Your patient’s current weight is 171 lbs. How many units of heparin should infuse per hour? 

Nurses utilize the Health and Illness models to understand their patients’ health-related behaviors and to adapt care for populations of diverse socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. Which of the following Health and Illness models incorporates the person’s characteristics and experiences, behavior-specific knowledge, and beliefs to motivate health-promoting behavior? 

A client presents to the ER, and labs are immediately drawn. The nurse reviews the lab values and determines that the patient is presenting with hypovolemia. What finding does the nurse observe that is indicative of a person with hypovolemia?    

During this developmental period, peers become more important, and there is a movement toward the development of one’s own identify: 

This type of wound dressing allows for the exchange of oxygen between the wound and the environment, is self-adhesive, and promotes autolytic debridement. Nurses will frequently use this dressing after successfully inserting an IV catheter: 

The nurse is caring for a woman in shock due to severe blood loss from post-surgical complications.  2.5 grams of dopamine in dextrose 5% in water has been prescribed for IV infusion at a rate of 13 mg per minute. The IV solution has a total volume of 250 ml. The IV should be infused at how many mL per hour?

The HOPE approach to spiritual assessment is a simple screening method that allows the nurse to assess a client’s spirituality. Place the following in order according to the HOPE approach.  Ask the client what effects medical care has had on spirituality Ask if the client belongs to a spiritual community or organization Ask about the client’s personal spiritual practices and beliefs Ask about sources of hope and support

You need to verify that a prescribed dose of Robinul (glycopyrrolate) for a patient currently weighing 16.1 kg is appropriate. The drug literature recommends 40-100 mcg/kg/dose. You determine that an appropriate dose for this patient would be ___ to ___ mcg per dose. 

This oral health problem may be caused by strep bacteria, a lack of iron or riboflavin, or skin conditions such as eczema: