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?

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?

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?

A client with graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after a bone marrow transplant is being cared for on the medical unit. Which of these nursing activities is best delegated to a newly graduated RN who has had a 6-week orientation to the unit?

You are transferring a client with newly diagnosed chronic myeloid leukemia to a long-term-care (LTC) facility. Which information is most important to communicate to the LTC charge nurse prior to transferring the client?