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

A nurse is precepting a nursing student. The nurse explains to the nursing student how you would perform the graphesthesia test on a client. What is the correct way to perform this test?

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

A nurse is caring for a client in an assisted living facility who has vision problems.

Medical history 

A 68-year-old woman with complaints of having trouble reading the paper, sewing, and even seeing the faces of her grandchildren up close.

Nurse's notes

The client was noted to have some loss of nearsightedness

Complete the sentence by using the list of options.The findings noted by the health care practitioner suggest that

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 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.)

A nurse is caring for a client who has a body mass index (BMI) of 26. The nurse should place the client in which BMI category?

A nurse is performing an admission assessment on a client. Which finding should the nurse identify as an indication that the client is dehydrated?

The nurse is working with a group of clients. Which clients are at risk for developing skin cancer? Which assessment findings are at risk for skin cancer (Select all 3 that apply)?

A nurse is assessing a client for manifestations of pain. Which finding is a subjective indicator of pain?

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