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The nurse is teaching a client, newly diagnosed with migraines, about trigger control. Which statement made by the client demonstrates a good understanding of the teaching plan?

The nurse performs an admission assessment on a client with a diagnosis of tuberculosis. The nurse should check the results of which diagnostic test that will confirm the diagnosis?

A client receiving propranolol as preventive therapy for migraine headaches is experiencing side effects after taking the drug. Which side effect is of greatest concern to the nurse?

A nurse is teaching a patient how to perform pursed-lip breathing. Which instructions would the nurse include in this teaching? Select all that apply. 

As the nurse makes his assessment in the 58 y/o old client for degenerative disorders, which are the clinical manifestations consistent with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)?  Select all that apply. 

A nurse assesses a patient who has prescribed varenicline (Chantix) for smoking cessation. Which manifestations would the nurse identify as adverse effects of this medication? Select all that apply. 

A nurse assesses a patient with asthma and notes bilateral wheezing, decreased pulse oxygen saturation, and suprasternal retraction on inhalation. What actions would the nurse take? Select all that apply. 

The nurse is caring for a client with Parkinson’s disease and is contemplating possible nursing diagnosis. Which of the following is most appropriate?

Name a hormone that completes the specified relationship.  (1 point each)   a. Synergistic with anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) to decrease urine volume: ___________________   b. Permissive to allow for the release of cortisol hormone from the adrenal cortex: _______________   c. Antagonist of insulin to raise blood glucose levels: ___________________

The nurse and the student are caring for a patient with Parkinson’s disease. The nurse writes a goal in the plan of care that states “to maintain optimal body function.” The student asks the nurse what this means. What is the nurses best response?