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The nurse is planning the care of a client who has been diagnosed with hypertension, but who otherwise enjoys good health at the age of 55. When assessing the response to an antihypertensive drug regimen, what blood pressure would be the goal of treatment?

The nurse is caring for a client who is known to have a high risk for venous thromboembolism. What preventative actions should the nurse recommend? Select all that apply.

A 42-year-old woman comes to the clinic complaining of occasional urinary incontinence when she sneezes. The clinic nurse should recognize what type of incontinence?

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has schizophrenia and is receiving chlorpromazine. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?

The nurse is caring for an older adult client who is in cardiac rehabilitation following heart surgery. The client has been walking on a regular basis for about a week and walks for 15 minutes 3 times a day. The client states that he has cramp-like pain in the legs every time he walks and that the pain gets “better when I rest.” The client’s care plan should address what problem?

A client with an occluded coronary artery is admitted and has an emergency percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The client is admitted to the cardiac critical care unit after the PTCA. The complications for which the nurse should monitor the client include which of the following?

Which enzyme catalyzes the reaction: 2H2O2 → 2H2O + O2?

Which of the following is NOT a portal of entry for pathogens?

The arrangement of organisms into taxa __________.

The arrangement of organisms into taxa __________.