Pertussis is a disease that affects the ____________

a. respiratory system
b. jaw
c. throat
d. none of the above


a
RATIONALE: Pertussis is a disease that affects the respiratory system.

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Medical command has asked that you obtain orthostatic vital signs for a 54-year-old female complaining of dizziness and weakness. Her baseline vitals obtained while she was sitting in a chair were: pulse 84, respirations 26, blood pressure 118/62 mmHg, and SpO2 95%. Which one of the following would indicate that the patient has a positive orthostatic test?

A) Supine blood pressure of 100/64 mmHg and respirations of 22 B) Standing blood pressure of 92/54 and heart rate of 106 C) Standing pulse of 88 with the additional complaint of nausea D) Standing SpO2 88% and heart rate of 96 beats per minute

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The last step in performing manual capillary puncture is to ________.

A. remove the gloves B. perform hand hygiene C. apply a bandage over clean gauze at the puncture site D. record the procedure in the patient's medical record

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The trade name of dornase alfa is:

A) Pulmozyme B) Mucomyst C) Organidin NR D) Sudafed

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The distribution of a variable, measured by statistics such as the mean, median, and mode, is the:

A) central tendency. B) percentage. C) rate. D) ratio. E) proportion.

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