A patient who is nonverbal from a previous stroke is in severe respiratory distress. Family states that she has multiple medical problems including high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema and chronic bronchitis). When assessing the patient, which one of the following signs or symptoms should raise your suspicion that the patient is
suffering from heart failure, as opposed to COPD or asthma?
A) Pulmonary crackles
B) Diaphoresis
C) Edema to left foot
D) Pursed lip breathing
A
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Which piece of equipment is the sterile pack opened onto that provides a sterile surface for instruments and supplies?
A. Back table C. Operating table B. Ring stand D. Mayo stand
The instructional note(s) for Z16 states:
a. when some circumstance or problem is present which influences the person's health status but is not in itself a current illness or injury. b. code first then infection. c. the codes in this category are provided for use as additional codes to identify the resistance and non-responsiveness of a condition to antimicrobial drugs. d. both b and c.
area where the physician observes and listens to the patient, performs a general physical examination, and dispenses treatment is the ____.
A. interim room B. laboratory C. examination room D. surgical room E. procedure room
Characteristics of students who are learning to think like health care professionals include all of the following EXCEPT: a. considering the impact of their actions on others
b. expecting their instructors to supply answers to all their questions. c. relating new information to what they already know. d. looking for ways to increase their personal efficiency.