The nurse develops a care plan for a critically ill client with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who is on a mechanical ventilator. What is the priority nursing diagnosis (ND)?
a. Imbalanced nutrition
b. Impaired gas exchange
c. Impaired tissue integrity
d. Risk for infection
Ans: b. Impaired gas exchange
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The ages and stages developmental theories are based on which premise?
a. Development occurs in response to specific life events and transitions that require adaptive, coping behavior and involve changes in one's life patterns. b. People experience much the same sequential physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and moral changes during the same age periods or developmental states. c. Human behavior is motivated by internal psychodynamic forces and external factors such as cultural orientation, socioeconomic status, and the number and intensity of life events. d. Development occurs as a result of stress associated with life events or transitions that serve as an impetus for growth.
A patient presents to the emergency department complaining of sudden onset of increased weakness and tingling of the lower extremities that has progressed to the upper arms. The patient is diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome
The patient's respiratory rate is 8; blood pressure is 86/48. The patient is being prepared for intubation. What would the nurse anticipate the blood gases to reveal? 1. High pH 2. High PaCO2 3. High HCO3 4. Low PaCO2
Which four-step process correctly describes muscle contraction?
a. Coupling, contraction, relaxation, excitation b. Contraction, relaxation, excitation, coupling c. Relaxation, excitation, coupling, contraction d. Excitation, coupling, contraction, relaxation
Movement of water through a membrane that separates solutions of different concentrations, do not need a special "carrier".
A. Pinocytosis B. Osmosis C. Passive diffusion D. Metabolism