Author: Anonymous

A nurse who cares for pregnant women should be aware that in regards to medications, herbals, injections, and over-the-counter- medications:

The home care nurse finds a client who has diabetes awake and alert, but shaky, diaphoretic, and weak.  The nurse gives the client ½ cup of orange juice.  The client’s clinical manifestations have not changed 5 minutes later.  Which is the nurse’s best next action after rechecking the blood glucose and the results are up to 60?

The nurse is planning how to prepare a 4 year old child for some diagnostic procedures. Guidelines for preparing this preschooler should include which of the following?

You are caring for an infant seen for a well-baby check, weighing 44 lbs.  How many kilograms does this child weigh?  

Which statement made by the nurse to the client with a diagnosis of diverticular disease is accurate?

A nurse is caring for a client in acute renal failure. The client has a serum creatinine level of 2.5 mg/dL, a serum potassium of 6 mml/L, and urine output that indicates the patient is in the oliguric phase of renal failure. The nurse understands that this means the urine output will be within what range?

The client with severe COPD tells you that eating is difficult because he is so short of breath. What is your best response?

 A woman has been sent to the hospital for possible placenta abruption. The nurse knows that a woman with this condition  most likely will complain of

The infant with heart failure has a need for

The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD).  Which nursing intervention has the greatest priority when performing a dialysis exchange?