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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?

A client with hypothyroidism as a result of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis asks the nurse how long she will have to take thyroid medication.  Which is the nurse’s best response?

Interventions for a client who has had a myocardial infarction (MI) with the Nursing Diagnosis of Ineffective Coping should include