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You are the nurse providing post-operative care for a 9 year old boy who is 6 hours post-tonsillectomy. He is sleeping, but on routine observation you notice that his pulse has increased, he seems to be restless and trying to swallow frequently. Your immediate action would be:

A young patient is extremely irritable due to meningitis. It would be most important for the nurse to:

The priority nursing diagnosis for a hospitalized patient with a Stage IV pressure ulcer on the hip would be:

The nurse should observe for which of the following symptoms in a patient who has just undergone a total thyroidectomy:

While assessing an 84-year-old post-operative patient, the nurse observes that the patient suddenly becomes very anxious, appears cyanotic and has severe dyspnea. The nurse recognizes these symptoms to be consistent with:

To ensure safe practice during defibrillation, the nurse must:

Which of the following is the most appropriate first action for the nurse to take for a pre-schooler who has fallen and has a hematoma formed on the temporal bone?

While preparing the midday medications, the nurse finds difficulty reading the label on a medicine bottle. The best action by the nurse is to:

A patient is admitted to a hospital with acute renal failure. The patient wakes up complaining of abdominal pain. On assessment, the nurse observes edema to the patient's ankles and distended neck veins. The patient is dyspneic with a blood pressure of 200/96 mmHg. The proper nursing diagnosis for this patient is:

Which of the following techniques should the nurse implement to prevent the patient's mucous membranes from drying when the oxygen flow rate is higher than 4 liters per minute?