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A patient with a spinal cord injury at a high thoracic level develops a flaccid bladder due to spinal shock. Which nursing action is most appropriate initially to manage urinary retention and prevent complications?

Which medication class has evidence supporting use in CRPS management as part of a multimodal approach?

The physician has ordered  Solu-Medrol 240 mg. The pharmacy has Solu-mederol 40 mg/mL.  What volume  of saline is needed to reconstitute the medication? Must include units of measurement. [BLANK-1]

A client was living independently at home until his significant other passed away. Their children are concerned regarding abilities to perform daily activities of living. Children do not live close but have been visiting on the weekends to assist with household chores and make sure their parent is okay. Which transition in care should be considered.

At 0700 the client had a primary intravenous infusion of 0.45 saline running at 75 milliliters per hour. For breakfast, the client drank an 8 ounce glass of water, and 8 ounces of coffee. The intravenous site infiltrated at 1500 and was restarted along with the primary intravenous infusion at 1530. The client received a secondary intravenous infusion of Vancomycin 1 gram in 250 milliliters of normal saline over 2 hours at 0900 and 1700. For lunch, the client had 6 ounces of chicken broth. The client voided 5 times on the shift 250, 375, 500, 150, and 400 milliliters. The client had Jackson Pratt (JP) drain output of 40 milliliters at 1500. Calculate the fluid intake and output from 0700-1900. What is the net fluid volume for the client?  Use + or – in front of the numeric value as needed. Must include units of measure [BLANK-1]

Which statement by a client experiencing chronic pain would warrant further assessment?

Please complete the Chapter 4&8 Test on paper showing all of your work for all of your questions and putting no more than two questions on a page. Put the answers to the test in the text block below for all the questions.  You may write sqrt for square root if needed. Once you are finished entering your answers in the text block below, you can close out your test. You will have 15 minutes to upload your work to Moodle. Please make sure that you take a legible picture of all pages and upload the pdf (1 document, multiple pages) to Moodle. Only one picture per page. Make sure your name is on your work and you save your file as lastname_firstname_chxtest.  The only website you will be allowed to use is desmos.com. You can’t google it but literally have to type desmos.com. Formulas are provided at the bottom of the last page of the test.

A client seeking genetic testing inquires why the nurse is asking so many questions about their personal life and family. Which response by the nurse is most appropriate?

A patient asks how lifestyle might affect her children’s cancer risk via epigenetics. Which response is most accurate?

From a genetic perspective, what  screening tests are necessary for a transgender male who has not undergone transition surgeries? (Select All That Apply)