HESI Community Health

A client with a history of heart failure is admitted with severe dyspnea. Which laboratory result requires immediate intervention?

The nurse is providing discharge teaching to a client with a new diagnosis of diabetes mellitus. Which statement by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

A client is receiving atenolol (Tenormin) 25 mg PO after a myocardial infarction. The nurse determines the client's apical pulse is 65 beats per minute. What action should the nurse implement next?

The nurse is assessing a client with a suspected deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Which finding supports this diagnosis?

The wife of an older adult man who has had diabetes mellitus for the past 10 years reports to the home health nurse that her husband fell yesterday while taking his daily walk in the neighborhood. He has a bruised hand and a small abrasion on his left knee. The nurse assesses that his neurologic vital signs are stable. To reduce risk for future falls, which assessment is most important for the nurse to obtain?