A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has atrial fibrillation and reports dizziness and palpitations. Which of the following should the nurse understand is the cause of these manifestations?

A nurse is caring for a 75-year-old male client who is experiencing difficulty breathing and shortness of breath.

Medical History: Nurses Notes: 75-year-old male who reports increased dyspnea for 4 days.
Denies cough or fever.

Past Medical History: Two pack a day smoker for 50 years.

Diagnosed with lung cancer 8 years ago and treated.
Over the last year has developed frequent pleural effusions treated with thoracentesis.

Hypertension.

Surgical History: Right lower lobectomy 4 years ago.

Left hernia repair 25 years ago.
Decreased lung sounds.

The nurse is caring for the client following a thoracentesis. (Select the 3 findings that require immediate follow-up.)

A nurse in the post-anesthesia care unit is caring for a client who is postoperative following a thoracotomy and lobectomy.

Which of the following postoperative assessments should the nurse give highest priority to?

A nurse is caring for a client who has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The client tells the nurse, “I can feel the congestion in my lungs, and I certainly cough a lot, but I can’t seem to bring anything up.”

Which of the following actions should the nurse take to help this client?

A nurse is caring for a school-age child who has leukemia.

0900: Custom Nursing Assessment.
1000: Vital Signs: Child is awake and alert but not talkative.

Child was brought in for an ongoing upper respiratory infection for the last 2 months that will not go away. Parents report the child’s leukemia has been in remission for more than a year.
Bruising noted on the child’s shoulder, thighs, and back.

Parents are not sure where it came from.
Diagnostic Results: Child’s breath sounds clear with subcostal retractions.

Oxygen saturation is 92% on room air.
Child’s skin is pale and petechiae noted on trunk and thighs.

Child states, “I feel like I can’t breathe.”. Bed raised to high-Fowler’s, oxygen applied and provider notified.

Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse report to the provider? Select the 6 findings that should be reported to the provider.

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has neutropenia. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching?

A nurse is providing discharge instructions to the parent of a 10-year-old child following a cardiac catheterization. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

A nurse is caring for a client who has thrombophlebitis and is receiving a continuous heparin infusion. Which of the following medications should the nurse have available to reverse heparin’s effects?

f 55. A nurse is analyzing a client’s electrocardiogram (ECG) strip and identifies the following information:

Heart rate: 92/min.
Rhythm: Irregular.
P wave: Unable to identify.
PR interval: Unable to measure. QRS duration: 0.10 seconds.

Based upon this information, the nurse should interpret the client’s rhythm as indicating which of the following?

A nurse is creating a plan of care for prostate screening in high-risk populations. Which of the following is an important consideration?