• A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has HIV and is being dischargedto home.

Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

• Take temperature once a day.

• Wash the armpits and genitals with a gentle cleanser daily.

• Change the litter boxes while wearing gloves.

• Wash dishes in warm water.

• A nurse is caring for a client who is postoperative following a tracheostomy, andhas copious

and tenacious secretions. Which of the following is an acceptable method for the nurse to

use to thin this client's secretions?

• Provide humidified oxygen.

• Perform chest physiotherapy prior to suctioning.

• Prelubricate the suction catheter tip with sterile saline when suctioning theairway.

• Hyperventilate the client with 100% oxygen before suctioning the airway..

• Following admission, a client with a vascular occlusion of the right lower extremity calls

the nurse and reports difficulty sleeping because of cold feet.Which of the following

nursing actions should the nurse take to promote the client's comfort?

• Rub the client's feet briskly for several minutes.

• Obtain a pair of slipper socks for the client.

• Increase the client's oral fluid intake.

• Place a moist heating pad under the client's feet.

• A nurse is caring for a client is who is 4 hr postoperative following a transurethralresection of

the prostate (TURP). Which of the following is the priority finding for the nurse report to the

provider?

• Emesis of 100 mL

• Oral temperature of 37.5° C (99.5° F)

• Thick, red-colored urine

• Pain level of 4 on a 0 to 10 rating scale

• A nurse is caring for a client who has a temperature of 39.7° C (103.5° F) and hasa prescription

for a hypothermia blanket. The nurse should monitorthe client for which of the following

adverse effects of the hypothermia blanket?

• Shivering

• Infection

• Burns

• Hypervolemia

• A nurse is reinforcing teaching about exercise with a client who has type 1 diabetes

mellitus. Which of the following statements by the client indicates anunderstanding of the

teaching?

• "I will carry a complex carbohydrate snack with me when I exercise."