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A nurse is planning care for a client to prevent postoperative atelectasis. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in the plan of care? Select all that apply.

Order reads: LR  250  mls to infuse over 3 hours.   Drop factor of tubing  is 15 gtts/ml.  The nurse will infuse how many gtts/min?

The nurse assesses a pregnant patient with eclampsia who is receiving IV magnesium sulfate and obtains all the following information. Which of these assessment data is most important to report to the health care provider immediately?

The nurse is providing care to patient with the following laboratory values: pH 7.31; PaCO2 48 mm Hg; and HCO3 24 mEq/L. The nurse correlates these values to which acid–base disorder?

A patient’s arterial blood gas results are pH = 7.30; PCO2 = 40; HCO3 = 19 mEq/L; PO2 = 80. What would be an appropriate nursing diagnosis for the patient?

Which is the priority initial assessment for a patient who is admitted to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) after surgery with general anesthesia?

The pediatric nurse understands that cellulitis is most often caused by

A patient is prescribed phototherapy as treatment for psoriasis. Which patient statement indicates that teaching about this treatment has been effective?

The nurse is auscultating breath sounds on the patient during intubation with an endotracheal tube (ETT). Which findings correlate with a right main-stem bronchus intubation?

Which statement best describes the consequences of Spanish colonization in the Americas?