To prevent post-operative thrombophlebitis, which one of the following measures is effective?
The police bring a prisoner into the emergency department who is in severe pain. When the nurse is assigned to this patient, the nurse should:
After application of a cast in the upper extremity, the patient complains of severe pain in the affected site. Which of the following would the nurse initiate?
A patient admitted to the hospital in hypertensive crisis is ordered to receive hydralazine (Apresoline) 20mg IV stat for blood pressure greater than 190/100 mmHg. The best response of the nurse to this order is to: