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The community nurse is teaching a group of older patients about neurological disorders. What should be included in the education regarding Parkinson’s Disease (PD)?

A patient who is prescribed an Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitor suddenly develops a swollen tongue, drooling from the mouth, and difficulty swallowing.  What medication should the nurse expect to administer?

After evacuation of an epidural hematoma, a patient’s intracranial pressure (ICP) is being monitored with an intraventricular catheter. Which information obtained by the nurse is most important to communicate to the health care provider?

The nurse understands that positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) will be used in a ventilated patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in order to:

The nurse plans care for the ventilated patient.  Which nursing interventions assist in preventing ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)?

The nurse observes the following rhythm on the patient’s monitor. The patient is symptomatic. The nurse knows the proper treatment to be: 

A nurse notes that the PR interval on a patient’s ECG tracing is 0.14.  What action should you take?

A nurse identifies the patient problem as Impaired Verbal Communication related to expressive aphasia.  An appropriate nursing intervention to help this patient communicate would be to:

Which assessment is most important for the nurse to make in order to evaluate whether treatment for a patient with anaphylactic shock has been effective?