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The nurse is performing a neurological assessment on a client and is assessing the function of cranial nerves III, IV, and VI. Assessment of which aspect of function will yield the best information about these cranial nerves?

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has a new diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). The client asks about foods that should be avoided. Which food should the nurse encourage the client to avoid?

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

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

 A nurse in an emergency department (ED) is admitting a client.

Vital Signs 

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Temperature 38.6° C (101.5° F)

Heart rate 106/min

Respiratory rate 26/min

Blood pressure 110/54 mm Hg

Oxygen saturation 94% on room air

Nurses Notes 

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Client presents to ED with report of shortness of breath for 3 days, with headache, chills, fever, sore throat, and cough.

Oriented to person, place, and time. Appears lethargic, difficulty answering questioning due to shortness of breath. Follows simple commands, moves all extremities with weakness.

Client's face is flushed, sinus tachycardia, rate of 106/min, $152 heart sounds heard on auscultation. Pulses palpable.

Breath sounds with crackles to right lower lobe, tachypnea, rate of 26/min. Tactile fremitus and decreased lung expansion noted upon assessment. Frequent productive cough with thick yellow sputum. Client denies hemoptysis. Unable to lie down, states they are "more comfortable sitting up."

Bowel sounds active x 4 quadrants. Denies diarrhea, last bowel movement yesterday. States "no appetite since I've been sick."

Reports decreased urination in the past day.

Client reports they have not had a pneumococcal vaccine. States, "1 Just hate needles."

Diagnostic Results

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Chest x-ray.

Areas of increased density and white infiltrates to lower right lobe.

Select 3 objective findings in the client's medical record that may be indicative of pneumonia.

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 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.)

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

A nurse is caring for a client who has contact dermatitis of the neck and upper chest. Which assessment data is an expected finding?

What is the rate on the rhythm strip in the image below?