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The nurse is caring for the client with liver disease who has been admitted with upper GI bleeding. Which assessment finding requires immediate notification of the health care provider?

The nurse is providing discharge instructions to the client with alcohol-induced cirrhosis. Which client statement indicates understanding.

Which instruction will the nurse include for the client who is prescribed pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT)?

A client with borderline personality disorder has lacerated her wrists. The physician orders daily dressing changes for the lacerations. Which nursing approach is most appropriate during the dressing change?

A college student is admitted to the emergency department and is tested for blood alcohol level (BAL). Which finding should alert the nurse to the possiblity of impending coma in a non-tolerant drinker?

The nurse is caring for a client who is taking disulfiram (Antabuse) to assist with alcohol abstinence. Which symptoms may the nurse identify in a disulfiram-alcohol reaction?

After being treated in the ED for self-inflicted lacerations to wrists and arms, a client with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is admitted to the psychiatric unit. Which nursing intervention takes priority?

What are the characteristics the nurse is most likely to assess in a client with an eating disorder?

A client diagnosed with paranoid personality disorder needs information regarding medications. Which nursing intervention would assist this client in understanding prescribed medications?

A nurse assesses a 7 year-old child whom she is concerned has conduct disorder. Which assessment findings regarding this client support the suspected diagnosis? (Select all that apply.)