You are caring for 12-year-old Elizabeth who has been hospitalized for an appendectomy. Her mother tells you that she is concerned about her lack…
A 24-year-old female patient who smokes two packs of cigarettes per day has come to the clinic to talk with the nurse about quitting…
Tonya discusses the concerns Mr. Jacobs has about his sexual relationship with his wife. She knows that a radical prostatectomy can cause nerve damage…
Tonya is preparing to change the dressing over Mr. Jacobs’ wound, and Mrs. Jacobs is present to observe. Tonya determines Mr. Jacob’s level of…
Tonya examines Mr. Jacobs’ surgical incision and notices a 1.25-cm (0.5-inch) circle of yellowish drainage on the gauze dressing. On close inspection of the…
You are a staff nurse on a 32-bed cardiac step-down unit. The hospital obtained Magnet recognition last year. You are assigned as the preceptor…
You are caring for a 17-year-old female African American patient with sickle cell disease who has been admitted for treatment of sickle cell crisis.…
Mrs. Andrews did well after her spinal surgery and was discharged home on the third postoperative day. Two weeks later she told her family…
Mr. Coburn, the 56-year-old school teacher who was seen earlier in the week for hyperthermia, arrives at the walk-in health center complaining of feeling…
You receive morning report for Ms. Malone, age 63, admitted to the hospital yesterday with fatigue, a cough, and dyspnea; she is diagnosed with…
