Thirty minutes after starting a blood transfusion a patient develops tachycardia and tachypnea and complains of chills and low back pain. The nurse recognizes these symptoms as characteristic of:
An 85-year-old man is admitted with dementia. He continuously attempts to remove his nasogastric tube. The nurse applies cloth wrist restraints as ordered. Which of the following actions by the nurse is most appropriate?
An 11 year old girl with a history of asthma arrives at the primary health clinic with signs/symptoms of shortness of breath, audible wheezing, nasal flaring and mild lip cyanosis. Your immediate nursing action is to:
The administration of which of the following types of parenteral fluids would result in a lowering of the osmotic pressure and cause the fluid to move into the cells?
