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A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving alteplase to dissolve a thrombus.  Which of the following should be included in the care plan for this client?

After teaching a patient who has a femoral hernia, the nurse assesses the patient’s understanding. Which statement indicates the patient needs additional teaching related to the proper use of a truss?

Your firm has just developed a new product for preventing car windows from fogging over. You would like to do an exploratory survey of 10 local gas station managers to get their preliminary reactions to the product. You also feel these managers might be a useful source of ideas for new products. What’s the best approach?

The 10am medications scheduled for your patient include Metronidazole 750mg  in 50 mL of a 5% Dextrose solution. According to the pharmacy, this preparation should be administered in thirty minutes. The IV tubing on your unit delivers 15 gtts per milliliter. What is the correct rate of flow in drops per minute?

Within minutes of the initiation of a scheduled nebulizer treatment with levalbuterol (Xopenex), the patient turns on his call light and states that he feels “panicky” and his heart is racing. The nurse takes vital signs and finds the patient extremely hypertensive. Which action will the nurse take?

The nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is starting verapamil (Calan) to control hypertension.  Which of the following should the nurse include in the instructions?

Which of the following ARE characteristics of life?  Select ALL that apply

What term means:  surgical joining of two ducts, vessels, or bowel segments to allow flow from one to another?  (it can be end-to-end, end-to-side, or side-to-side)

Students who breach confidentiality may be subject to the current HIPAA laws, up to and including fines and imprisonment. 

A nurse in a provider’s office is reviewing the laboratory results of four clients who take digoxin. Which of the following clients is at risk for developing digoxin toxicity?