Foundatin of Professional Nursing Practice

Normal capillary refill time

1-2 seconds

Normal urine output per hour

30 mL/hr

Normal serum pH

7.35-7.45

Normal urine output per day

800-2000 ML

The nurse is assessing a 48-year-old client who has come to the physician's office for his annual physical exam. One of the first physical signs of aging is:

Failing eyesight, especially close vision (age 46 to 64) More frequent aches and pains begin in the early late years (ages 65 to 79) Increase in loss of muscle tone occurs in later years (age 80 and older).

Insulin unit

It's a measure of effect, not a standard measure of weight or quantity.

An 80-year-old male client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of pneumonia. Nurse Oliver learns that the client lives alone and hasn't been eating or drinking. When assessing him for dehydration, nurse Oliver would expect to find:

Tachycardia- With an extracellular fluid or plasma volume deficit, compensatory mechanisms stimulate the heart, causing an increase in heart rate

Nurse May is aware that the main advantage of using a floor stock system is:

The nurse can implement medication orders quickly

In preventing the development of an external rotation deformity of the hip in a client who must remain in bed for any period of time, the most appropriate nursing action would be to use:

Trochanter roll extending from the crest of the ileum to the midthigh.

Best tool for data gathering- Nosocomial infection

Use of laboratory data

A female client is to be discharged from an acute care facility after treatment for right leg thrombophlebitis. The Nurse Betty notes that the client's leg is pain-free, without redness or edema. The nurse's actions reflect which step of the nursing process?

Evaluation