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When assessing the abdomen using the 4-quadrant method, you feel an enlargement in the Right Upper Quadrant.  This is most likely the ____________________.

A BNP is done on a patient who is suspected of having _______________________________.

Use this new Information regarding the patient from prior Scenario for the next Few Questions. Put your Critical Thinking Hat on – not everything may be as it appears! It is now 2 days after the Right Hip Repair for the same 68 year-old female patient you admitted after her fall; you are back to work, not having seen the patient since prior to her surgery.  She seems to be recovering fairly well, but her mobility is not what the surgeon or P.T. are expecting at this time.  On your initial assessment during report she seemed a little tachypneic. These are this AM’s V/S from the CNA at 8 am:  T 101.3;  B/P 128/82;  P = 94;  R  26;  SaO2  92% on room air Your patient and her daughter need Discharge Instructions. Those Instructions should most likely include all of the following Except: _________________________________________

Cranial Nerve # 3 (Oculomotor) is assessed when checking ___________________________. 

The best size to use when inserting a peripheral IV for an adult in most situations is a _________ gauge. 

There are _______ Cranial Nerves. 

The nurse has finished teaching a client with diabetes mellitus how to administer insulin. The nurse evaluates that learning has occurred when the client makes which statement?

The client takes calcium supplements. What is the best instruction by the nurse?

The nurse is doing patient teaching with an adolescent newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus and her family. The nurse teaches the patient and family that what will decrease the body’s need for insulin?

The nurse is caring for a type 1 diabetic patient who is being discharged home tomorrow. Patient teaching includes assessing the patient’s self-care skills to determine if further diabetes teaching is required. What is the best way to assess the patient’s ability to prepare and give insulin?