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A nurse is assessing a client who is 6 months pregnant.Which findings should the nurse expect? (Select all four options that apply.)

A nurse is completing a client's history and physical examination. Which information should the nurse consider subjective data?

A nurse is assessing a client's circulatory system. Which pulse site should the nurse avoid assessing bilaterally at the same time?

A nurse is assessing a client's peripheral circulation. In which of the following locations should the nurse palpate to assess the posterior tibial pulse? (Selectable areas, or "Hot Spots," are outlined in the artwork below. Select only the outlined area that corresponds to your answer.)

Providing a safe and comfortable environment, applying critical thinking, and identifying cues presented by the patient is

An assistive personnel (AP) reports a client's vital signs as tympanic temperature 37.1° C (98.8° F), pulse 42/min, respiratory rate 14/min, and BP 98/77 mm Hg. Which vital sign should the nurse re-measure?

A nurse in an emergency department is caring for a client who has abdominal pain.

Nurses' Notes 

0800: Client reports abdominal pain that began the previous evening. Client is two weeks postoperative from a right knee replacement. Reports taking 3 to 4 hydrocodone tablets daily for postoperative pain. Has not had bowel movement in 4 days. Reports not drinking many fluids to avoid having "to get up and go to the bathroom so often because it hurts to walk."

0830: Client taken for abdominal x-ray. Partner reports that client has not been following physical therapist's exercise regimen of walking several times daily.

0915: Fecal mass of hard, dry stool removed digitally from client per provider's order.

1015: Provided teaching to client and partner about constipation and methods to avoid further impaction.

Diagnostic Results

0900:

Abdominal x-ray: Large amount of fecal material throughout the colon with rectal impaction. No evidence of small bowel obstruction.

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has constipation. Which information should the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)

How should the nurse interpret the rhythm depicted in the image?

A nurse is caring for a postoperative client. The nurse should base the client's pain management interventions primarily on which methods of determining the intensity of the client's pain?

A nurse is assessing a client who is 6 months pregnant.Which findings should the nurse expect? (Select all four options that apply.)

Which lung sounds are expected? (Select all that apply.)