The single most preventable indoor air pollutant is:
a. asbestos.
b. dust.
c. environmental tobacco smoke.
d. gas and vapors.
C
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1. assessing pedal pulses. 2. providing dehumidified oxygen. 3. using hand signals to communicate with the client. 4. ensuring that the endotracheal tube is secured.
The nurse is asked to provide client care on a unit to which she has never before been assigned. Which of the following should the nurse do?
a. Refuse to go to the care area b. Leave work and go home c. Request an orientation to the care area d. Call the nursing supervisor
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1. "Her heart will stop, and she will stop breathing a few minutes later." 2. "Respirations and heart rate first become very irregular and then stop altogether." 3. "Everybody is different, so it is difficult to say." 4. "Her breathing will stop, and her heart will cease beating within a few minutes."
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