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A client is taking digoxin (Lanoxin) and furosemide (Lasix) for heart failure. The nurse approves of which of the following client selections that is the best menu choice for this client?

A client with new onset type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) asks why he needs to check his blood glucose level so frequently. The nurse explains that frequent coverage with insulin to keep the blood glucose level between 70 and 120 mg/dL is important for which reason?

A 10-year-old boy has just been diagnosed with generalized absence seizures, and his consultant neurologist has decided to initiate antiepileptic drug treatment. According to current NICE guidance, which of the following drugs should be avoided because it might worsen the boy’s seizures?

As the flow rate decreases, gas distribution:

Based on the current status of the patient’s lungs, which of the following is indicated?

Conventional planning ideas (pre-1970) included: (Choose all correct answers)

The nurse is preparing to administer transfusion therapy to a client. Which interventions does the nurse implement before starting the infusion? Select all that apply.

A client is admitted to the emergency department following a motor vehicle crash. While completing a neurological assessment, the client pulls his arms inward and upward while the nurse is eliciting a pain response. The nurse identifies that this positioning is significant for which of the following? Select all that apply

A client receiving a blood transfusion develops anxiety and low back pain. After stopping the transfusion, what action by the nurse is most important?

A 42-year-old woman has recently been started on phenytoin for the treatment of generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Her dose was increased at her last appointment, but she has now been admitted to hospital with suspected phenytoin toxicity. Which of the following is NOT a symptom associated with phenytoin toxicity?