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You are caring for a 5-year-old with Type 1 diabetes in the school setting. The substitute teacher calls you to the classroom, as the child is verbally responsive and asks for her daddy, saying she feels “low.” The child wears a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), which is alarming as the blood glucose level is low at 59 mg/dl. You quickly repeat the test with the glucometer and get the same result. Which of the following actions is initially the most appropriate? 

Which of the following are signs of magnesium toxicity in a client? [magtox] What medication should you be ready to give? [magantidote] 

Ms. Kaur is diagnosed with a sprain to her right ankle after a fall. The patient asks the nurse about using ice on her injured ankle. What is the nurse’s best response?

A nurse is reviewing concepts related to documentation in the electronic health record. Which statement best represents the concept of “meaningful use”?

You are the RN educating a patient on diet changes to help avoid issues with their peptic ulcer which beverage would the nurse advise the patient to avoid? (Select all that apply.)

A client with a history of cholelithiasis (Gallstones) presents with nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and jaundice.  The nurse would assume that the precipitating physiologic event causing the jaundice was?

An infant has  Tetralogy of Fallot, the nurse notices the patient has clubbing of the fingers. In reviewing the record, what laboratory result should the nurse expect to be documented?

A 6-month-old infant presents to the clinic with failure to thrive, a history of frequent respiratory infections, and increasing exhaustion during feedings. On physical examination, a systolic murmur is detected, no central cyanosis, and chest radiography reveals cardiomegaly. An echocardiogram is done that shows left-to-right shunting. This assessment data is characteristic of what?

Which statement by the client will assist the nurse in determining whether she is in true labor as opposed to false labor?

What can be the result when a cardiac defect allows blood to shunt from the (high pressure) left side of the heart to the (lower pressure) right side?