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The labor nurse is admitting a patient in active labor at 39 weeks’ gestation to the labor and delivery unit. She sees on the patient’s prenatal record that the patient is group beta strep (GBS) positive. Which of the following actions are a priority by the nurse?

The nurse assesses a client following administration of metoprolol.  Which assessment findings should the nurse anticipate?

The nurse is preparing a 5-year-old child for a tonsillectomy. Which strategy would the nurse use for teaching this client?

The client with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder spends many hours each day washing her hands.  What is the most likely reason she washes her hands so much?

The client with a deep vein thrombosis is prescribed a bolus dose of heparin.  The physician’s order states to administer “Heparin IV bolus dose of 80 units/kg.” The client weighs 165 lbs. How many units of heparin will the nurse administer for this bolus?

Which assessment findings by the nurse caring for a client who is post-operative Day 1 from coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using a right radial artery graft is most important to communicate to the health care provider?

A client diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis is receiving intravenous heparin.  What does the nurse identify as the priority outcome for this client?

During assessment of the client with fibromyalgia, the nurse would expect the patient to report which symptom?

 When infants are seen for fractures, which nursing intervention is a priority?

The circulating nurse is assisting the surgeon with a procedure in the operating room (OR).  The surgeon asks the nurse to place more sterile gauze on the sterile field.  The nurse will use which technique to maintain surgical asepsis?