Which is the priority nursing intervention for a client admitted for acute alcohol intoxication?

A. Darken the room to reduce stimuli in order to prevent seizures.

B. Assess aggressive behaviors in order to intervene to prevent injury to self or others.

C. Administer lorazepam (Ativan) to reduce the rebound effects on the central nervous system.

D. Teach the negative effects of alcohol on the body.

A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and is receiving an infusion of oxytocin. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following potential adverse effects?

A) Diarrhea

B) Thromboembolism

C) Fetal asphyxia

D) Oliguria

The nurse is teaching a postmenopausal client about osteoporosis prevention. The client reports that she smokes 2 packs of cigarettes a day and takes 750 mg calcium supplements daily. What information should the nurse include when teaching this client about osteoporosis prevention?

What is phlebitis?

What intervention is appropriate for a client with sarcoidosis?

The acute respiratory infection known as _____ is characterized in children and infants by obstruction of the larynx, hoarseness, and a barking cough.
a. asthma
b. croup
c. diphtheria
d. pneumonia

Discuss the epidemiology of genital herpes and genital warts.

The nurse is caring for a client with schizophrenia who experiences auditory hallucinations. The client appears to be listening to someone who isn't visible. He gestures, shouts angrily, and stops shouting in mid-sentence. Which nursing intervention is appropriate?

1. Approach the client and touch him to get his attention.

2. Encourage the client to go to his room where he'll experience fewer distractions.

3. Acknowledge that the client is hearing voices but make it clear that the nurse doesn't hear these voices.

4. Ask the client to describe what the voices are saying.

What are standard precautions?

When monitoring laboratory test results for patients receiving loop and thiazide diuretics, the nurse knows to look for
a. decreased serum levels of potassium.
b. increased serum levels of calcium.
c. decreased serum levels of glucose.
d. increased serum levels of sodium.

What are the chronological stages of behavioral change according to the transtheoretical model?

How does the number of sides in. convex polygons relate to the sums of the measures of the exterior and interior angles?

A circle whose equation is $x^{2} + y^{2} = 36$ is shifted 5 units up and 2 units to the left. What is the equation for the shifted circle? Graph the shifted circle.

Circle the letter of the best ANTONYM for the word in bold-faced type.

insubordinate employees

a. nervous

b. dispirited

c. cooperative

d. incendiary

e. hyperbolic