The nurse is caring for a client 12 hours post-operative from abdominal surgery. The client has nausea, vomiting, and abdominal distention. 

Which healthcare provider's prescription should the nurse complete first?

A client is demonstrating reorganization of behavior directed after the death of their wife. Which of the following client statements would support this phenomenon often encountered during bereavement?

As the nurse is preparing the client for their scheduled thoracotomy and wedge resection, they say “I’m scared and I don’t understand what they’re going to do. The doctor was in a rush so I just signed the paper. What’s going to happen to me?” 

The nurse is caring for a client with Meningitis.  

 Which of the following interventions is used to manage the fluid and electrolyte imbalances associated with viral meningitis?