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The nurse recognizes that the patient with a tracheostomy may experience unique threats to the integrity of the airway. When educating the student nurse on tracheostomies, what actions would be identified to reduce the risk of airway compromise in this population? (Select all that apply)

Which patient would the nurse prioritize as needing emergency treatment?

Following an addisonian crisis, a client’s adrenal function has been gradually regained. The nurse should ensure that the client knows about the need for supplementary corticosteroid therapy in which circumstance?

Click on the area you would auscultate the apical pulse.

Many bacteria are more dangerous than bacteria because they may produce an endotoxin that can cause hemorrhagic shock and severe diarrhea and can alter resistance to other bacterial infection

A client has had her indwelling urinary catheter removed after having it in place for 10 days. Two hours after removal of the catheter, the client informs the nurse that she is experiencing urinary urgency resulting in several small-volume voids. What is the nurse’s best response?

The patient is to receive ceftriaxone 0.75 grams IM. On hand is a vial of powdered medication labeled: ceftriaxone 1 gram with directions for reconstitution that state, add 3.6 mL of lidocaine 1% to produce a solution which provides 250 mg of ceftriaxone per mL. The nurse should administer how many mLs? (Round to the whole number)

The nurse is planning client teaching for a client with ESKD who is scheduled for the creation of a arteriovenous fistula. What information should the nurse include in the teaching?  

Upon assessment of a patient in the emergency room, the nurse notes oxygen saturation of 86%, retractions in the neck, and the patient is using accessory muscles with each breath. What treatment should the nurse anticipate?

The patient is four hours post-operative following a left pneumonectomy for cancer of the lung. Which assessment data warrants immediate intervention by the nurse?