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A client is to be discharged to home on oxygen therapy. What information will the nurse teach the client?

The nurse assesses a client after an open lung biopsy. Which assessment finding is matched with the correct intervention?

The nurse prepares to administer bicarbonate intravenously to the client with which clinical manifestations?

The client is scheduled to undergo a thoracentesis. What will be the nurse’s priority intervention?

Which statement by the client indicates that he has an accurate understanding of home self-care of his tracheostomy?

The nurse is teaching an Asian-American client who is not fluent in English about long-acting beta2-agonist medications for asthma, and the client agrees to follow the guidelines. What is the best action for the nurse to take to ensure that the client follows the guidelines?

Which assessment finding indicates the need for the nurse’s immediate intervention?

The nurse is caring for a client with recurrent bacterial pharyngitis. Which is the nurse’s highest priority intervention?

You enter the home of a 30 year old female diabetic who is lying in the bed unconscious.  You perform a primary assessment and find that her airway is open, she is breathing 16 breaths per minute and her pulse is 78 beats per minute.  Her skin is cool and sweaty.  Her pupils are equal and reactive at 4 mm. What other assessment is a priority to perform on this particular patient?

An automated external defibrillator will only defibrillate two cardiac dysrhythmias.  They are ventricular tachycardia and