The nurse is caring for a patient with no spontaneous respiratory effort who requires mechanical ventilation. The first blood gas after initiating the ventilator shows a pH of 7.52 and a PCO2 of 20
What intervention is required to correct this pH imbalance?
a. Increase fluid infusion.
b. Increase oxygen percentage.
c. Reduce number of breaths/min.
d. Increase number of breaths/min.
ANS: C
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A) 100 mg B) 200 mg C) 300 mg D) 400 mg
A new client asks what she can do to help her infant sleep through the night. Which should the nurse instruct?
a. Bring the infant into a well-lit room for the feeding. b. Avoid talking to the infant and keep the room quiet during night feedings. c. Play with the infant after the feeding before putting the infant back into the crib. d. Change the infant's diaper after the feeding to prevent waking the infant later in the night.
In the theory of self-transcendence, the nursing perspective emphasizes a potential for healing independent of biophysical health and medical cure
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
The patient has been brought to the emergency department following a motor vehicle accident
The patient is unresponsive. His driver's license states that he needs glasses to operate a motor vehicle, but no glasses were brought in with the patient. The nurse should a. Assume that the glasses were lost during the accident. b. Stand to the side of the patient's eye and observe the cornea. c. Assume that the patient was not wearing glasses while driving. d. Assume that the ambulance personnel have them.