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The nurse is caring for a patient with trigeminal neuralgia. Which medication to treat the patient's pain would the nurse question?

The nurse receives report at 0700 on a client who has 600 mL of IV fluid left in the bag. The IV is running at 100 mL per hour. At what time should the nurse expect to change the bag (military time)?

The client has been diagnosed with a frontal lobe brain tumor and has undergone a craniotomy. What position should the nurse place the client post-operatively?

The nurse educates a community group regarding measures that will assist in the prevention of skin cancer. Which of the following statements addresses the need for further teaching? "I will:

The nurse is performing discharge planning for a client newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. It would be most important for the plan to include:

The nurse is caring for a client who had a bowel resection 2 hours ago for adenocarcinoma removal. It would be necessary for the nurse to immediately notify the surgeon if the client's assessment revealed:

The nurse is giving discharge instructions to a client newly diagnosed with lung cancer. The nurse understands the client requires additional discharge teaching when the client states:

The nurse is caring for a client who will undergo a cerebral biopsy for a brain tumor. The client's pre-operative teaching should include:

The client is hospitalized for insertion of an internal cervical radiation implant. While giving care, the nurse finds the radiation implant in the bed. The initial action by the nurse is to:

The nurse is caring for a client who is receiving external beam radiation for treatment of right upper lobe lung cancer. What problem should be anticipated following this treatment?

. The nurse is caring for a client in the immediate postoperative period following a pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple) procedure. The nurse is assessing for decreased fluid volume in the client. What would the nurse assess first?