A patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the ICU is receiving high-frequency oscillation ventilation (HFOV). Which complication related to this intervention should the nurse be looking for?
A) Volutrauma
B) Pneumothorax
C) Cyanosis
D) Trapping of air in the alveoli
B
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A patient with a T2 spinal cord injury is exhibiting manifestations of neurogenic shock. The nurse would be correct in monitoring for which of the following?
A) Increased cardiac markers B) Hypotension C) Tachycardia D) Excessive sweating
The nurse would anticipate that a client with rhabdomyolysis would exhibit
a. brown-tinged urine. b. gross hematuria. c. hypokalemia. d. hypophosphatemia.
In assessing a newborn, the nurse notices a large amount of fine, frothy bubbles of mucus in the mouth. Even then the nurse suctions the bubbles, they soon return
The baby has a rattling sound to the respirations and has a choking episode and becomes a little cyanotic. Which of the following conditions will the nurse suspect? a. cleft lip c. esophageal atresia b. cleft palate d. intussusception
Inability to breathe unless sitting upright is
A) occlusion. B) decompensation. C) infarction. D) orthopnea.