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A nurse is assessing a client before administering a unit of packed RBCs. The nurse should identify which of the following data as most important to obtain prior to the infusion?

A nurse is educating a client about possible causes of their depressed mood. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about the importance of therapeutic communication. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse in a mental health clinic is caring for a client who is grieving.

Nurses' Notes

1000:

Client presents to the mental health clinic and is tearful and angry recently experienced the loss of a child due to illness. Information provided to client about group therapy and individual therapy.

1100:

Client is continuing to sob and states, "I can't go on living without my child." Current list of home medications reviewed. Client states they have not been taking the prescribed medication "because it will not help."

1300:

Client spoke in group therapy session regarding feelings and prescribed treatment. Acknowledges the role of the therapist and expectations of support group, yet confides, "My anger and sadness are still very

Medication Administration

1000:

Sertraline 100 mg PO BID

Vital Signs

1015:

Temperature 36.8°C (98.4° F)

Heart rate 85/min

Respiratory rate 15/min

BP 147/86 mm Hg

Oxygen saturation 99%

A nurse is caring for a client who is grieving. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a priority to address? Select all that apply.

A nurse is teaching a client who was diagnosed with prolonged grief disorder about the importance of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing fluctuating cognition and visual hallucinations. Which of the following types of dementia should the nurse expect this client to have?

A nurse asks a client if they prefer to attend the morning or afternoon group therapy session. The nurse should identify that this as an example of which of the following ethical principles?

A newly hired nurse is providing report to a nurse. The nurse continuously interrupts the newly hired nurse during report. This is an example of which of the following?

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving total parenteral nutrition via a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC). When assessing the client, the nurse notes swelling of the client's arm above the PICC insertion site. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

A nurse on an acute care mental health unit is examining the belongings of a client who is being admitted following a suicide attempt. Which of the following belongings should the nurse ask the client's partner to take back home? (Select All that Apply.)

A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia with an exacerbation of hallucinations. The client states, "I do not understand why the hallucinations have come back." The nurse should explain that which of the following is the reason for the exacerbation of hallucinations?