The Nurse Is Monitoring a Client Who Has Returned to the Unit

The nurse is caring for a client who develops compartment syndrome after an embolectomy for peripheral arterial disease.What is the nurse's best action? A) Perform passive range-of-motion exercise to improve distal blood flow. B) Prepare the client for return to the operative suite for surgical correction. C) Medicate the client for pain and place the client in a knee-chest position. D) Loosen the dressing and elevate the extremity to the level of the heart.

The new graduate nurse is assessing a client with an unrepaired abdominal aortic aneurysm.What assessment technique requires further education by the supervising nurse? A) Measurement of abdominal girth B) Observation of abdominal wall movement C) Auscultation of any area of the abdomen D) Palpation of the abdominal midline area