The patient presents to the emergency department (ED) and states, “I don’t know what happened! I was walking and ran into a door with my right shoulder. I closed my right eye and my vision was normal, but when I closed my left eye, I couldn’t see anything at all!” The patient’s assessment is otherwise normal. The nurse reports this to the provider immediately for assessment. Which question is most important for the nurse to ask the patient while waiting for the provider to write orders for treatment?

The nurse is asked to assist with a 38-year-old woman who desires oral birth control pills. The patient decides on an estrogen-progesterone formulation because she still desires to get her monthly periods. The patient states she is a heavy smoker. Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the smoking and this medication?

The nurse is preparing to insert a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) into the right upper extremity. The goal of the procedure is for the tip to terminate in which location?