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In planning care and patient teaching for the patient with venous leg ulcers, the nurse recognizes that the most important intervention in healing and control of this condition is:

A client is admitted to the hospital. Arterial blood gas (ABG) results are: pH 7.50; PaCO2 40; HCO3 29. Which question should the nurse ask the client to help determine the underlying cause for these results?

The process of allocating the cost of a long-term asset as an expense of operations during the asset’s expected useful life is known as:

An obese 60-year-old female had abdominal surgery this morning. She has a past medical history of deep vein thrombus (DVT). What action by the nurse would be most effective in preventing development of another DVT during her hospital stay?

The nurse is caring for a patient scheduled for a below the knee amputation (BKA) tomorrow. In developing a preoperative teaching plan the nurse includes all of the following except:

The normal balance of which of the following is on the credit side?

A patient presents to the outpatient clinic with several complaints, and the nurse suspects rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Which of the following symptoms would be most characteristic of RA?

All of the following are risk factors for osteomyelitis except:

A nurse is assessing a postoperative patient’s pain. The patient reports abdominal pain rated 6 out of 10, which began after coughing. The patient states that rest and pain medication alleviate the pain, while coughing exacerbates it. Which element of the pain assessment is missing?

A patient in the ER complains of back pain and difficulty breathing 15 minutes after a transfusion of packed red blood cells is started. The nurse’s first action should be to: