The nurse is assigned to a 4-year-old patient admitted with a vaso-occlusive crisis secondary to sickle cell anemia. The boy is in agonizing pain. He has apparently taken off his hospital wristband. Before administering the pain medication, the nurse should perform which of the following actions?

The nurse is caring for a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN). After morning rounds, the nurse notices the rate of TPN infusion is slower than what is ordered for the patient and is three hours behind schedule. There are no nursing notes, and the rate was not mentioned on sign-out. Which initial action is most appropriate?

The nurse suffers a needlestick from a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). After washing the injury with soap and water, which action does the nurse take first?