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A nurse is interpreting the ECG strip of a client who has bradycardia. Which cardiac components should the nurse identify as the role of the P wave?

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

Which reproductive health issue causes breast pain beginning a few days before menstruation and subsides when menstruation begins?

When assessing the elbow, a nurse asks a client to hold the arm out and turn the palm down. When the client performs this maneuver, the nurse is testing what?

A nurse is receiving a patient from the emergency room (ER) with an admitting diagnosis of hypothyroid disorder. 

Admitting diagnosis

acute hypothyroid disorder

Physician order

Synthroid 0.1 mg po daily

The receiving medical- surgical nurse would expect the patient to exhibit which signs and symptoms? Select all that apply

A nurse is assessing a client's cranial nerves. Which method should the nurse use to assess cranial nerve I?

A nurse is assessing a client's cranial nerves as part of a neurological examination. Which action should the nurse take to assess cranial nerve III?

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

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

Which shape should the nurse expect a client's chest to be when assessing a client who has COPD?

A nurse is performing a pain assessment for an alert client. Which measure should the nurse recognize as the most reliable indicator of pain?