When teaching the new nurse to interpret blood gas results, the preceptor teaches the nurse to first assess:
1. pH.
2. Arterial oxygen.
3. Carbon dioxide.
4. Bicarbonate.
Ph.
Rationale: Determining whether the pH is normal, low (acidic), or high (alkaloid) is the first step to interpretation of the arterial blood gases. Next, the respiratory (carbon dioxide) and the metabolic components (bicarbonate and base excess) are examined.
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1. "Do not use your right arm for 6 weeks to avoid injury to the pacemaker incision." 2. "Do not use a microwave to cook your food even if you stand 10 feet from the oven." 3. "Do not fly on commercial airplanes as long as you have the pacemaker." 4. "You will be taught to take your pulse, and should check it daily when you get home."
The Human Genome Project that began in 1990:
1. expects to complete a map of the entire human genome by 2010. 2. found that all human beings are 99.9% identical at the DNA level. 3. has not yet been able to translate the accumulating raw research into anything medically practical. 4. has put its research relevant to nursing in a document published by International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG).
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a. the home or the home of a friend or relative b. a pawn shop c. a local gun dealer or a gun and knife show d. a sports store
The external opening on the skin surface through which a patient with a tracheostomy breathes is the
A) adapter. B) cannula. C) stoma. D) cuff.