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 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?

A nurse is assessing a client with hypokalemia and notes that the client’s handgrip strength has diminished since the previous assessment 1 hour ago. Which action should the nurse perform first?

A nurse is providing care to a client with an indwelling catheter. Which practice indicates the nurse is following guidelines for avoiding catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?

A client has hyperphosphatemia. The nurse looks for manifestations of which other electrolyte imbalance in this client?

The nurse reviews the client’s arterial blood gases pH 7.50, pCO2 39 mmHg, HCO3- 30 mEq/L and determines the client has which acid-base disorder?

According to the following reaction, how many grams of sulfur are formed when 37.4 g of water are formed?               2 H2S(g) + SO2(g)  →  3 S(s) + 2 H2O(l)

How many moles of nitrogen are formed when 42.6 g of KNO3 decomposes according to the following reaction?  The molar mass of KNO3 is 101.11 g/mol.             4 KNO3(s)  →  2 K2O(s) + 2 N2(g) + 5 O2(g)

How many moles of nitrogen are formed when 28.6 g of KNO3 decomposes according to the following reaction?  The molar mass of KNO3 is 101.11 g/mol.             4 KNO3(s)  →  2 K2O(s) + 2 N2(g) + 5 O2(g)

How many grams of Li3N can be formed from 1.75 moles of Li?  Assume an excess of nitrogen.             6 Li(s) + N2(g)  →  2 Li3N(s)