A patient has been brought to the emergency department (ED) by the paramedics. The patient is suspected of having acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). What action should the nurse anticipate?
A) Preparing to assist with intubating the patient
B) Setting up oxygen at 3 LPM by nasal prongs
C) Consulting physiotherapy
D) Setting up a nebulizer
A
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Designing a plan to ensure the staff knows about the manager?s open -door policy is an example of which method of gaining employee cooperation?
1. Rewards and punishment 2. Interpersonal communication 3. Organizational power 4. Personal self-confidence
The family of a client with a moderate head injury asks if the client's functioning and personality will be the same as before the injury. What is the nurse's best response?
A. "You should expect a full recovery in all ways by the time of discharge." B. "Usually, people with this type of injury return to their baseline within 6 months." C. "Your family member may experience many changes in personality and cognitive abilities." D. "Learning complex new skills may be more difficult; otherwise, you may expect other functions to remain as they were."
List the ECG leads that view the heart in the horizontal plane, allowing a view of the front and left side of the heart
What will be an ideal response?
The goal of voluntary mutual patterning is to facilitate each client's ability to
A. Participate knowingly in change. B. Harmonize person–environment integrality. C. Promote healing potentialities, lifestyle changes, and well-being in the client's desired direction of change without attachment to predetermined outcomes. D. B and C E. All of the above