The nurse is monitoring a client diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease. She is observing this nonsurgical client for any sign of medical complications. Which of the following assessment measures is the most useful?

The nurse is monitoring a client diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease. She is observing this nonsurgical client for any sign of medical complications. Which of the following assessment measures is the most useful?

Priority Decision: Following auscultation of the abdomen, what should the nurse's next action be?

Which explanation about weight reduction should be included when teaching the obese patient and her obese husband?

Priority Decision: When caring for a patient following a glossectomy with dissection of the floor of the mouth and a radical neck dissection for cancer of the tongue what is the nurse's primary concern?

The nurse evaluates that management of the patient with upper GI bleeding is effective when assessment and laboratory findings reveal which result?