A client complains of a severe, throbbing headache following a lumbar puncture. The priority nursing intervention for this client is to
A. restrict fluid intake.
B. increase fluid intake.
C. raise the head of the bed.
D. assess vital signs.
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Because antianxiety agents such as chlordiazepoxide (Librium) can potentiate the effects of other drugs, the nurse should incorporate which of the following instructions in her teaching plan
Avoid mixing antianxiety agents with alcohol or other central nervous system (CNS) depressants.
B. Avoid taking antianxiety agents at bedtime.
C. Avoid taking antianxiety agents on an empty stomach.
D. Avoid consuming aged cheese when taking antianxiety agents.
A client reveals to the nurse that he's sexually impotent. Which statement best expresses what the nurse should understand her client to mean
A. He's disinterested in sexual intimacy.
B. He's unable to attain or retain an erection.
C. His ejaculate is void of sperm.
D. His semen isn't potent enough to impregnate.
The uterus returns to the pelvic cavity in which time frame
A. 7th to 9th day postpartum.
B. 2 weeks postpartum.
C. End of the 6th week postpartum.
D. When the lochia changes to alba.
A client with a pneumothorax receives a chest tube attached to a Pleur-evac. The nurse notices that the fluid of the second chamber of the Pleur-evac isn't bubbling. Which nursing assumption would be most invalid
A. The tubing from the client to the chamber is blocked.
B. There is a leak somewhere in the tubing system.
C. The client's affected lung has reexpanded.
D. The tubing needs to be cleared of fluid.