The nurse is caring for a client after a thoracentesis. Which of the following assessment findings should the nurse report immediately to the Health Provider?

A postoperative client with a pulmonary embolism is receiving heparin 1000 units/hour IV. 

 If the client were to develop a severe bleeding reaction, which of the

following drugs should the nurse have readily available?

A home health nurse observes as an asthmatic client performs their daily peak flow meter test. The client alerts the nurse to a peak expiratory flow (PEF) of 65%. 

 Which of the following medications should the nurse administer?

A client comes into the walk in clinic with a high fever. An ABG was completed and the results are below. The nurse interprets these results as which of the following?

The student nurse reports that during their morning assessment, they heard hyperresonance on percussion over the lung fields.

 Which of the following statements, if made by the student nurse, would require the preceptor to intervene?

A nurse educator is teaching a nursing student about using fluticasone for allergic rhinitis. 

A client in the hospital is exposed to tuberculosis. The client requires a tuberculin skin test (TST) but had a previous bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination. How will this affect the results of the TST?

During midnight rounds, the nurse finds a client awake in supine position who states that they are unable to sleep. 

 Which position is the best for alleviating dyspnea in clients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)?