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A client post-operative an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device is receiving discharge instructions. Which teaching should not be included in the teaching for this device?

Which intervention is appropriate for a client with pericarditis?

A client diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer is to begin palliative care. Which explanation to the client by the nurse indicates an understanding of palliative care?

The nurse is assisting with a code blue for a client in cardiac arrest. The nurse is preparing to perform defibrillation with a monophasic defibrillator. Which priority action should the nurse perform?

The nurse is instructing a client who has neutropenia on ways to prevent infection. Which options are examples of how this client can reduce their risk of infection while having neutropenia? (Select all that apply.) 

Which finding is an associated complication with hyperkalemia and requires immediate action?

The nurse is caring for a client following a left pneumonectomy. Which intervention or finding by the nurse would be inappropriate at this time?

The nurse is caring for a client on mechanical ventilation secondary to acute respiratory distress syndrome with a positive-end-expiratory-pressure (PEEP). Which option describes the indication for the need to PEEP for this client?

Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease are significant because they:

What are some criticisms/ethical concerns of DTC genome services? Select all that apply.