Luther is a resident at the long-term care facility where Lisa works as a certified nursing assistant. Lisa helps Luther with activities of daily living and generally chats with him about the activities planned for his day, which includes physical therapy and board games with other residents. Luther is not very talkative on most days, […]

Ms. Jenny is 80 years old and is diagnosed with a Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). As she discusses her condition with her APRN, she asks how she obtained this disease. The APRN tells her which of the following? Select all that apply. Group of answer choices It used to be hospital-acquired only but now this […]

Latasha S. is a well liked nurse on your unit. She is kind, hard-working and rarely tardy or absent. A charge nurse, Carlos T., who has worked for you satisfactorily for ten years, comes to you and shares that he saw Latasha taking a narcotic and placing it in her pocket. He reported that he […]

HPI: Mr. G is a 35-year old established patient of our clinic who was admitted as an inpatient two days ago by Orthopaedics following a very severe MVA. He, unfortunately, suffered multiple fractures during the accident and was taken to the OR yesterday for operative repair. Currently he is being maintained in traction due to […]

Gary Sanders, a 78-year-old male, comes in today with the complaint that the mole on his right ankle has begun to rapidly change in shape and color. Dr. Jones completes an examination noting ABCD – asymmetry, elevation above skin surface with an irregular border, blue-grey in color, firm to the touch, and a diameter of […]

A 34-year-old patient is 8 months pregnant. She A 34-year-old patient is 8 months pregnant. She thinks she may be in labor because she is cramping. How would you assess whether or not she is truly in labor? Please check the most appropriate response Ask how long the cramping has been occurring and how frequent […]

A nurse is caring for a 30 year old client whose father is a physician on the hospital staff. What is the most appropriate response by the nurse if the client’s father approaches the nursing station and asks to read the client’s chart? A. Allow the client’s father to read the chart since he is […]

You are assessing a 40-year-old male patient for a sore throat. As you assess the patient’s symptoms, he states he is having some chest tightness that he thinks is indigestion from all the cough drops he has been taking. What would you want to ask next? Ask the patient what other medications he is taking […]

Kelly calls about her 10-year-old son, Bryan. Bryan has been coughing and wheezing intermittently for the last 12 hours, but it seems to have gotten worse. She gave Bryan 2 puffs of his albuterol inhaler about 2 hours ago. He still has continuous cough and intermittent wheezing. What is the most probable pathophysiology of the […]

A 32-year-old African American woman presents to the clinic for her 24-week check-up. Pt states her morning sickness has resolved. However, she states she seems sad often and does not understand why, as she is happy about the pregnancy. HPI: Pt is 24 weeks gestation. The patient is having sad moods at least once a […]