a nurse teaches a client who is prescribed a central vascular access device which statement should the nurse include in this clients teaching
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1. A nurse teaches a client who is prescribed a central vascular access device. Which statement should the nurse include in this clients teaching?

Correct answer: C

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2. After administering 40 mEq of potassium chloride, a nurse evaluates the clients response. Which manifestations indicate that treatment is improving the clients hypokalemia? (Select all tha do not t apply.)

Correct answer: C

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3. A nurse is assessing clients on a medical-surgical unit. Which clients are at increased risk for hypophosphatemia? (Select all that do not apply.)

Correct answer: C

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4. You are the nurse caring for a 77-year-old male patient who has been involved in a motor vehicle accident. You and your colleague note that the patients labs indicate minimally elevated serum creatinine levels, which your colleague dismisses. What can this increase in creatinine indicate in older adults?

Correct answer: A

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5. You are an emergency-room nurse caring for a trauma patient. Your patient has the following arterial blood gas results: pH 7.26, PaCO2 28, HCO3 11 mEq/L. How would you interpret these results?

Correct answer: D

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