An adequate compression rate for CPR is 100 per minute
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A) Emboli B) Mitral valve damage C) Ventricular dysrhythmia D) Atrial-septal defect E) Plaque formation
A 64-year-old man has sought care because of recent lower leg pain that occurs when he walks and diminishes when he rests. The nurse recognizes that this patient is experiencing intermittent claudication
What should the nurse suspect from this finding? A) The patient's venous return from dependent body parts is insufficient. B) The patient has arterial insufficiency to his lower extremities. C) The patient is experiencing the prodromal symptoms of a myocardial infarction (MI). D) The patient is at significant risk of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.
The nurse is admitting a 4-year-old child to the hospital for surgery. Before administering medicine, how should the nurse identify this child?
A) Read the child's arm band. B) Ask the child to state his or her name. C) Tell the child to state his or her nickname. D) Say the child's name and see if the child answers.
The nurse cares for a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who has just been diagnosed with asymptomatic chronic HIV infection. Which prophylactic measures will the nurse include in the plan of care (select all that apply)?
a. Hepatitis B vaccine b. Pneumococcal vaccine c. Influenza virus vaccine d. Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole e. Varicella zoster immune globulin