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A nurse cares for a client with congestive heart failure. The nurse administers a prescribed dose of furosemide intravenously after noting an increase in dyspnea and audible wheezing. The nurse’s action demonstrates which step in the nursing process?

A client with lactose intolerance is experiencing abdominal distress, gas, and diarrhea after breakfast each morning. After reviewing the client’s food journal, which meal should the nurse point out as a potential trigger?

The following foods are a part of a client’s daily diet: high-fiber cereals, fruits, vegetables, ten 8-oz glasses (2,500 mL) of fluids. What would the nurse tell the client to change?

A client is admitted to the health care facility reporting pain on urination that is secondary to a urinary tract infection (UTI). The nurse documents this finding as:

A nurse measures a client’s 24-hour fluid intake. To obtain the patient’s fluid balance, what else should the nurse do?

A nurse is caring for a client who has a potassium deficiency. Which of the following foods should the nurse recommend as the best source of potassium?

The client has a sodium level of 131 mEq/L and has been placed on fluid restrictions of 1,000 mL per day. What interventions would the nurse include in the plan of care to assist the client in adhering to the fluid restriction? Select all that apply.

Nurse researchers are testing a new wound care product. Which action shows they are trying to do no harm to participants?

A nurse is assessing an older male client age 77, who reports urinary frequency, urgency, and a weak urine stream. Based on these findings, the nurse recognizes these symptoms are most consistent with which condition?

A client has a physician’s order for NPO following abdominal surgery to repair a bowel obstruction with a nasogastric tube. The client requires intravenous therapy for what purpose?