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A licensed Vocational nurse (LVN) is supervising an assistive personnel (AP) who is performing glucose monitoring. The AP reports that the client’s capillary glucose level read as “Error” on the glucometer. Which of the following actions should the LPN take?

A patient is scheduled for a computed tomography (CT) scan with contrast. Before the procedure, the nurse asks about any allergies, specifically inquiring about a shellfish allergy. Why is it important for the nurse to assess for a shellfish allergy before administering contrast?

A Karnaugh map is used primarily for:

A nurse is reinforcing prenatal teaching with a client who is 8 weeks pregnant and asks why the health care provider prescribed folic acid supplements. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

A nurse is caring for a client who is 1 day postoperative following abdominal surgery and reports incisional pain. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse is reinforcing dietary teaching with a client who has a nonhealing surgical wound. The nurse explains the importance of increasing protein intake to promote tissue repair. Which of the following food choices by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

.A nurse is preparing to administer acetaminophen 650 mg PO to a client. The amount available is acetaminophen 325 mg/tablet. How many tablets should the nurse administer? (Round to the nearest whole number. Use a leading zero if it applies. Do not use a trailing zero.) ______ tablet(s

A patient is to receive a hypotonic IV solution. What assessment finding would indicate this therapy needs to be reassessed immediately?

A nurse is caring for a client who is to maintain a fluid restriction of 1,200 mL/24 hr. During the first 4 hr of the shift the client had a total fluid intake of 300 mL. How many mL of fluids can the client have over the next 16 hr? ______ mL

You are assisting a nurse with a surgical procedure, and you observe another nurse inadvertently breaching the sterile field. What is your initial action in response to this situation?