Serum calcium of 13 mg/dL (3.25 mmol/L)

Serum potassium of 5.7 mEq/L (5.7 mmol/L)

Serum sodium of 138 mEq/L (138 mmol/L)

COPD clients are at risk for cardiac dysrhythmias due to the electrolyte shifts in acidosis.

All COPD clients must be hooked up to the heart monitor.

Report any bleeding or other unusual observations immediately

Ensure that the nursing student does the entire procedure themselves

Perform health teaching regarding intermittent urinary catheterization

Have the client attempt to void after the catheterization

Ensure the client increases levels of iodine in their diet prior to the test

Contact the health care provider (HCP) to ask if the client's thyroid medications should be held

Ensure the client is kept NPO eight hours prior to the test

Explain that gel and a transducer will be used over the client's neck

Strict hand hygiene

Ensuring head and neck position maintain in a mid-line position

Elevated blood urea nitrogen (BUN) levels 

Decreased C-reactive protein levels

Increased serum potassium levels

"Do you have episodes of sleepiness you cannot control?"

"Have you ever been told you snore or that it looks as you stop breathing in the night?"

"Do you have an unpleasant or uncomfortable sensation in your legs that prevent you from sleeping or wakes you from sleep?"

"Do you ever feel unrested even after an extended sleep period?"

Placing the client in a room with bright lights

to ensure furniture in the room is visible

Placing the client in a shared room with a client

with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease

Place the client in a well-lit room close to

the nursing station

"Please call the client's physician"

"The client fell into a coma this morning"

"The client is not expected to live much longer"

"Please call the client's daughter"

The nurse develops a case management approach for each client

The nurse organizes a working team and addresses required client care needs

The nurse assumes all care for a client

The nurse separates client care into delegated or assigned tasks