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______A client’s colorectal cancer has necessitated a hemicolectomy with creation of a colostomy. In the 4 days since surgery, the client has been unwilling to look at the ostomy or participate in any aspects of ostomy care. What is the nurse’s most appropriate response to this observation?

______Tumors of the pancreatic head have potential complications that include, all the following except:

Two hours after taking a regular morning dose of Regular Insulin (Humulin R®), a patient presents to a clinic with diaphoresis, tremors, palpitations, and tachycardia. Which nursing action is most appropriate for this patient?

50.  Match the following medications with the correct descriptions.

A nurse is planning care for an older adult patient with confusion and complaints of severe leg pain. The patient is asking to see the chaplain because of a fear of dying in the hospital.  What should the nurse do next?  

Which precaution should the nurse take when injecting medication into the deltoid muscle?

32. The nurse obtains this information from a patient with prehypertension. Which finding is most important to address with the patient?

A tourniquet is a band that is  often used in emergency situations to stop/reduce blood flow to an open wound  to prevent against excessive blood loss.  A tourniquet (shown in the figure below) is often applied to a limb during a traumatic injury such as to an arm or leg to occlude/block blood flow above the site of injury for a short amount of time (often described as a brief period of ischemia).  If the tourniquet is removed from the limb and blood flow is restored through the vessels, ____________ would occur.

From the figure below, which structure will provide the greatest amount of resistance in this vascular network?    

Identify the number of days a covered entity has to respond to an individual’s request for access to his or her PHI when the PHI is stored off-site.