The best time for the nurse to teach an anxious patient about the patient controlled
analgesic (PCA) pump would be during which of the following stages of patient care?
The police bring a prisoner into the emergency department who is in severe pain. When the nurse is assigned to this patient, the nurse should:
A 13 year old girl with manifestations of rheumatic heart disease is admitted to hospital. Which of the following laboratory blood findings would confirm that she likely has had a streptococcal infection within the past two weeks?
The nurse should observe for which of the following symptoms in a patient who has just undergone a total thyroidectomy:
