A patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease arrives in the ICU following surgery with general anesthesia. This patient will likely require ventilator support for which purpose?
A) To prevent hypoventilation
B) To reverse hypotension
C) To suppress the patient's urge to vomit
D) To ease postoperative pain
A
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The nurse is changing the ostomy appliance for a client with a new loop colostomy. Which action by the nurse is the most appropriate?
1. Remove the plastic bridge in order to create a tight fit with the ostomy appliance. 2. Cut two holes in the skin barrier for each loop. 3. Cut an opening in the skin barrier for only the afferent or proximal end of the stoma. 4. Place a piece of tissue or gauze over the stoma, and use a guide to measure the size of the stoma.
For which client would an L/S ratio of 2:1 potentially be considered to be abnormal?
a. A 38-year-old gravida 2, para 1, who is 38 weeks' gestation b. A 24-year-old gravida 1, para 0, who has diabetes c. A 44-year-old gravida 6, para 5, who is at term d. An 18-year-old gravida 1, para 0, who is in early labor at term
A 29-year-old white woman appears jaundiced. Liver disease as a cause has been excluded. What history questions should the nurse ask?
a. Whether she had unprotected sex b. Whether she has a history of diabetes mellitus c. Whether she had unusual bleeding prob-lems d. Whether she eats a lot of yellow and orange vegetables
A useful approach to organizing the substantive analyses to be undertaken is to develop:
A) Missing values codes B) A rectangular matrix C) Table shells D) Item reversals