The nurse assigns a UAP to obtain vital signs from a very anxious client. What instructions
should the nurse give the UAP?
Report the results of the vital signs to the nurse.
A client is to receive cimetidine (Tagamet) 300 mg q6h IVPB. The preparation arrives
from the pharmacy diluted in 50 ml of 0.9% NaCl. The nurse plans to administer the IVPB
dose over 20 minutes. For how many ml/hr should the infusion pump be set to deliver
the secondary infusion?
, 150
A male client being discharged with a prescription for the bronchodilator theophylline
tells the nurse that he understands he is to take three doses of the medication each day.
Since, at the time of discharge, timed-release capsules are not available, which dosing
schedule should the nurse advise the client to follow?
8 a.m., 4 p.m., and midnight.
At the time of the first dressing change, the client refuses to look at her mastectomy
incision. The nurse tells the client that the incision is healing well, but the client refuses to
talk about it. What would be an appropriate response to this client's silence?
It is OK if you don't want to talk about your surgery. I will be available when
you are ready.
While instructing a male client's wife in the performance of passive range-of-motion
exercises to his contracted shoulder, the nurse observes that she is holding his arm
above and below the elbow. What nursing action should the nurse implement?
Give this one a try later!
, Acknowledge that she is supporting the arm correctly.
During the initial morning assessment, a male client denies dysuria but reports that his
urine appears dark amber. Which intervention should the nurse implement?
Give this one a try later!
Encourage additional oral intake of juices and water
During the daily nursing assessment, a client begins to cry and states that the majority of
family and friends have stopped calling and visiting. What action should the nurse take?
Give this one a try later!
Listen and show interest as the client expresses these feelings
When a client begins to cry and express feelings, a therapeutic nursing
intervention is to listen and show interest as the client expresses feelings
Heparin 20,000 units in 500 ml D5W at 50 ml/hour has been infusing for 5½ hours. How
much heparin has the client received?
Give this one a try later!
11,000 units
should the nurse give the UAP?
Report the results of the vital signs to the nurse.
A client is to receive cimetidine (Tagamet) 300 mg q6h IVPB. The preparation arrives
from the pharmacy diluted in 50 ml of 0.9% NaCl. The nurse plans to administer the IVPB
dose over 20 minutes. For how many ml/hr should the infusion pump be set to deliver
the secondary infusion?
, 150
A male client being discharged with a prescription for the bronchodilator theophylline
tells the nurse that he understands he is to take three doses of the medication each day.
Since, at the time of discharge, timed-release capsules are not available, which dosing
schedule should the nurse advise the client to follow?
8 a.m., 4 p.m., and midnight.
At the time of the first dressing change, the client refuses to look at her mastectomy
incision. The nurse tells the client that the incision is healing well, but the client refuses to
talk about it. What would be an appropriate response to this client's silence?
It is OK if you don't want to talk about your surgery. I will be available when
you are ready.
While instructing a male client's wife in the performance of passive range-of-motion
exercises to his contracted shoulder, the nurse observes that she is holding his arm
above and below the elbow. What nursing action should the nurse implement?
Give this one a try later!
, Acknowledge that she is supporting the arm correctly.
During the initial morning assessment, a male client denies dysuria but reports that his
urine appears dark amber. Which intervention should the nurse implement?
Give this one a try later!
Encourage additional oral intake of juices and water
During the daily nursing assessment, a client begins to cry and states that the majority of
family and friends have stopped calling and visiting. What action should the nurse take?
Give this one a try later!
Listen and show interest as the client expresses these feelings
When a client begins to cry and express feelings, a therapeutic nursing
intervention is to listen and show interest as the client expresses feelings
Heparin 20,000 units in 500 ml D5W at 50 ml/hour has been infusing for 5½ hours. How
much heparin has the client received?
Give this one a try later!
11,000 units
