A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requires low flow oxygen. How will the oxygen be administered?

A) Nasal cannula
B) Simple oxygen mask
C) Venturi mask
D) Partial rebreather mask


Ans: A

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A patient is ready for discharge home from a lengthy hospital stay after a motor vehicle accident. The patient suffered multiple fractures and required large doses of morphine for several weeks

The nurse preparing the patient for discharge notes that the patient requests the maximum dose of the oral opioid analgesic at the exact intervals it is prescribed. The nurse is correct to suspect that what has occurred? a. Addiction b. Compulsive drug seeking c. Cross-tolerance d. Drug tolerance

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The 20-year-old client at 10 weeks' gestation is preparing for her first prenatal visit. She confides: "This pregnancy was unplanned. I'm not sure if I want to be pregnant or not. I haven't even told my boyfriend I'm pregnant

And I haven't decided if I'm going to continue the pregnancy." Which of the following statements should the nurse make next? 1. "It's really unusual for a pregnant woman to feel this way early in the pregnancy." 2. "These thoughts are because your mother died when you were 4 years old." 3. "You should go to a pregnancy support group to be a good mother." 4. "It's common to feel ambivalent about pregnancy in the first trimester."

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When a student nurse sets up a study group, he/she is practicing:

1. Governance 2. Socialization 3. Service orientation 4. Specialized education

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