Nursing Studio Podcast #7
A promo from Podmedic & his Medic Cast, Just a quick update on my life and a song from the Podsafe Music Network, Stress by Jim’s Big Ego

Categories: News · Nursing · Personal Life

Main Page - NursingWiki
I know I need to post another question & another podcast, but the hits keep on piling on one on top of the other. After the logic board replacement, I’ve moved 200 miles. And then will be moving again this week.  But I just had to share this link with you. It’s […]

Categories: News · Nursing · Reviews · Websites

Attempt to answer the following question in the comments. New commenters will be held for moderation. This forward will be removed after the correct answer is posted in the comments. I try to post the correct answer after 10 attempts to answer have been made.
Don’t miss a post! For easy to subscribe options please visit […]

Categories: NCLEX Style Questions

Correct answer now posted by Tanya…
A client with chronic lymphocytic leukemia has a central venous access device. She has a tunneled central catheter called a Hickman. The nurse knows that this catheter is inserted surgically and threaded to the subclavian, and then is advanced into the superior vena cava just above the junction with the

left […]

Categories: NCLEX Style Questions

Correct answer now posted by Tanya…
Twelve hours post lumbar laminectomy a client complains of discomfort and the inability to void. Which is the best action for the nurse to take?

Assist the client to the bathroom
Palpate for fullness of the bladder
Apply manual pressure to the bladder as the client attempts to void
Insert an indwelling catheter

Categories: NCLEX Style Questions

Correct answer now posted by Tanya…
A 2 day old neonate is receiving phototherapy for hyperbilirubinemia. During this therapy, it is essential that the nurse:

decrease the unit’s level of light every 2 hours
keep the neonate well covered to prevent cold stress
maintain the neonate’s position for 4 hours at a time
place an opaque mask over the […]

Categories: NCLEX Style Questions

Correct answer now posted by Tanya…

The mother of a premature infant demonstrates knowledge of her son’s growth and development when she tells the nurse:

“If his respirations are the normal rate and he isn’t retracting or grunting. I won’t need to bring him in for an oximeter reading.”
“His skin will have less chance of friction or […]

Categories: NCLEX Style Questions

Nursing Studio Podcast #6
Featuring Nursing News, some Podsafe Music, I talk about Rhabdo, State of Nursing Workforce, and 3rd degree heart block.
Show Notes

Categories: Nursing

Correct answer now posted by Tanya…

A nurse assigned to work on a new unit in a nursing home. The clients are elderly, alert, ambulatory or out of bed in wheelchairs. When administering medications, the nurse enters a client’s room and finds the client sitting on the side of a bed. Which of the following is […]

Categories: NCLEX Style Questions

Correct answer now posted by Tanya…

In performing CPR, the primary goal of the nurse is to

return the heart to normal rhythm
maintain acid-base balance
maintain circulation to vital organs
correct fluid volume deficit

Source: Question & Rationale provided by Drexel University’s NCLEX EXCEL

Categories: NCLEX Style Questions