A client admitted to the hospital with a sickle cell crisis complains of severe abdominal, hip, and knee pain. You observe an LPN accomplishing these client care tasks. Which one requires that you, as charge nurse, intervene immediately?

A client admitted to the hospital with a sickle cell crisis complains of severe abdominal, hip, and knee pain. You observe an LPN accomplishing these client care tasks. Which one requires that you, as charge nurse, intervene immediately?

A client is admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) associated with a gram-negative infection. Which assessment information has the most immediate implications for the client's care?

After receiving change-of-shift report about all of these clients, which one will you assess first?

A transfusion of PRBCs has been infusing for 5 minutes when the client becomes flushed and tachypneic and says, 'I am having chills. Please get me a blanket.' Which action should you take first?

You obtain the following data about a client admitted with multiple myeloma. Which information has the most immediate implications for the client's care?