While the surgical patient is anesthetized, the scrub nurse hears a member of the surgical team make an inappropriate remark about the patient's weight. How should the nurse best respond?

While the surgical patient is anesthetized, the scrub nurse hears a member of the surgical team make an inappropriate remark about the patient's weight. How should the nurse best respond?

The recovery room nurse is admitting a patient from the OR following the patient's successful splenectomy. What is the first assessment that the nurse should perform on this newly admitted patient?

The nurse in the ED is caring for a man who has returned to the ED 4 days after receiving stitches for a knife wound on his hand. The wound is now infected, so the stitches were removed, and the wound is cleaned and packed with gauze. The ED doctor plans to have the man return tomorrow to remove the packing and resuture the wound. You are aware that the wound will now heal by what means?

The nurse's aide notifies the nurse that a patient has decreased oxygen saturation levels. The nurse assesses the patient and finds that he is tachypneic, has crackles on auscultation, and his sputum is frothy and pink. The nurse should suspect what complication?

The nurse is caring for a patient who underwent a left below-the-knee amputation 48 hours ago. During the assessment, the nurse notes that the patient is reporting a burning sensation in the toes of his left foot, which is no longer there. What does this finding suggest?