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A charge nurse in an ED is notified by the county;s emergency medical services that there has been a multiple-casualty crash involving a truck carrying radioactive waste. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Clear the department of all nonurgent clients and move those awaiting admission to a holding area. A home health nurse is performing an assessment of an older adult client's home. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a potential hazard? W...

A charge nurse in an ED is notified by the county;s emergency medical services that there has been a multiple-casualty crash involving a truck carrying radioactive waste. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Clear the department of all nonurgent clients and move those awaiting admission to a holding area. A home health nurse is performing an assessment of an older adult client's home. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a potential hazard? W...

A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has pneumonia. Which of the following physiologic changes associated with aging places the client at a greater risk for pneumonia? A. Decreased anterior-posterior diameter B. Increased diameter of the small airways C. Decreased number of cilia D. Increased alveolar surface area C. Decreased number of cilia A nurse us contributing to the plan of care for a client who had a recent stroke and a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)....

A charge nurse in an ED is notified by the county;s emergency medical services that there has been a multiple-casualty crash involving a truck carrying radioactive waste. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first? Clear the department of all nonurgent clients and move those awaiting admission to a holding area. A home health nurse is performing an assessment of an older adult client's home. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a potential hazard? W...

A nurse is caring for a client who has a tracheostomy with an inflated cuff in place. Which of the following findings indicates that the nurse should suction the client's airway secretion? A. The client is unable to speak B. The client's airway secretions were last suctioned 2 hr ago C. The client coughs and expectorates a large mucous plug D. The nurse auscultate coarse crackles in the lung fields D. The nurse auscultates coarse crackles in the lung fields should auscultate coarse crac...

A nurse on a medical unit is preparing to administer alendronate 40 mg PO for an older adult client who has Paget's disease of the bone. Which of the following actions should be the nurse's priority? Ambulate the client to a chair prior to administering the medication A nurse is caring for an older adult client who has a prescription for zolpidem at bedtime to promote sleep. The nurse should plan to monitor the client for which of the following adverse effects? Dizziness A nurse is asses...

A nurse is assessing the heart sounds of a client who has developed chest pain that becomes worse with inspiration. The nurse auscultates a high-pitched scratching sound during both systole and diastole with the diaphragm of the stethoscope positioned at the left sternal border. Which of the following heart sounds should the nurse document? - Audible click - Murmur - Third heart sound - Pericardial friction rub Pericardial friction rub: A pericardial friction rub has a high-pitched scrat...

A nurse is reinforcing teaching about skin changes in the older adult client with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as a benign, age-related skin change commonly seen in older adult clients? A. Liver spots B. Nevi C. Atopic dermatitis D. Psoriasis A. Liver spots A nurse at a long-term care facility is contributing to the plan of care for an older adult client who has dementia. Which of the following interventions should the nurse include in...

While taking a health history from a client in the outpatient mental health clinic, nurse observes that the client is persistent in making personal inquiries. Which of the following is the most therapeutic response? Explain to the client that this time is for him Focus of relationship is on the client's ideas, experiences, and feelings. A nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with dementia. She should understand that the goal of reminiscence therapy in long term care facilities is to.... ...

a nurse is caring for a patient who has hemophilia. the patient reports pain and swelling in a joint following an injury. which of the following actions should the nurse take? prepare for replacement of missing clotting factors -hemophilia is a hereditary bleeding disorder in which blood clots slowly and abnormal bleeding occurs -caused by a deficiency in most common clotting factor, factor VIII (hemophilia A) -aggressive factor replacement is initiated to prevent hemarthrosis that can res...