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Jodi is a 16-year-old female who has type 1 diabetes and is using an insulin pump. She doesn’t feel well and has tested positive for Covid.  Jodi calls the clinic for advice about her symptoms of loss of smell, fever, and cough and reports a blood glucose level of 261 mg/dL despite taking her usual lispro (Humalog) via the insulin pump. She reports that she changed the insulin tubing and pump infusion site today, and the insulin reservoir is full. What should the nurse advise the patient to do? 

Which patient statement to the nurse indicates a need for additional instruction about taking oral ferrous sulfate?    

Alice, a 40-year-old woman, recently divorced her husband after ten years.   What type of loss is Alice experiencing?

Which nursing assessment indicates that a woman who is in second-stage labor is about to deliver the baby?

What are the signs and symptoms of respiratory distress in infants less than 6 months old?  (Select all that apply.)

Which conditions are risk factors for uterine atony? (Select all that apply.)

American River Hospital has an award-winning dietary department. Which menu choice indicates that the patient understands the best dietary choice for iron-deficiency anemia?    

A woman presents in the emergency department with abrupt, sharp right-sided quadrant abdominal pain, and bright red vaginal spotting. She has missed one menstrual cycle.  She tells the nurse that she cannot be pregnant because she has been using an intrauterine device.  The nurse should suspect which of the following? 

You are the RN caring for a patient hospitalized with possible acute pancreatitis.  Which laboratory values would you expect to see elevated?

What is probably the most important criterion on which to base the decision to report suspected child abuse?