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The nurse on the postoperative inpatient unit assesses a patient after a total hip replacement. The patient’s surgical leg is visibly shorter than the other one and the patient reports extreme pain. While a coworker calls the surgeon, what action by the nurse is best?

The nurse completes an admission assessment on a patient with asthma. Which information given by patient is most indicative of a need for a change in therapy?

A 25-year-old gravida 2, para 2-0-0-2 gave birth 4 hours ago to a 9-pound, 7-ounce boy after augmentation of labor with Pitocin. She puts on her call light and asks for her nurse right away, stating, “I’m bleeding a lot.” The most likely cause of postpartum hemorrhage in this woman would be:

An occupational health nurse is screening a new employee in a long-term care facility for tuberculosis. The employee questions why purified protein derivative (PPD) testing is done twice. Which of the following is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

Besides the classic croup syndrome type findings, a nurse caring for a 16 month old with bacterial tracheitis will find which of the following on assessment?

The nursing student documents in the chart. Which of the following entries suggest that she needs to review her respiratory assessment information?

The nurse who is caring for a client with hyponatremia r/t SIADH would conclude that which of the following client factors probably contributed to this electrolyte imbalance?

An older patient is receiving standard multidrug therapy for tuberculosis (TB). The nurse should notify the health care provider if the patient exhibits which finding?

The ambulatory care nurse would arrange for periodic monitoring of blood levels for a client with COPD who is beginning to use

In making plans to enhance the nutrition of a client with cystic fibrosis, the nurse would explain that the client will be prescribed