What does it mean when an order is "stat"?

What will be an ideal response?


Without delay.

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You determine that an acutely ill patient can generate an MIP of ?18 cm H2O. Based on this in-formation, what might you conclude?

a. The patient has inadequate respiratory muscle strength. b. The patient has inadequate alveolar venti-lation. c. The patient has an excessive work of breathing. d. The patient has an unstable or irregular ventilatory drive.

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______________ is a characteristic of laser light in which the frequency of each wave is the same

A. Monochromatic C. Excimer B. Monopolar circuit D. Coherency

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A team that has failed to work together successfully should do all of the following EXCEPT ________.

A. self-evaluate B. construct ways to function more effectively C. assign one person to be the leader all the time D. assume group responsibility

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If a patient is admitted for dehydration due to the chemotherapy treatments she has been receiving to treat ovarian cancer, what is the principal diagnosis?

A. E86.0 B. C56.1 C. Z51.11 D. C56.9

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