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The nurse is instructing an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP)/Patient Care Assistant (PCA) on the prevention of postoperative pulmonary complications.  Which statement best indicates that the UAP/PCA has understood the nurse’s  instructions?

A client is admitted to the Emergency Department with crushing chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident.  Which assessment finding indicates a possible pneumothorax?

A client with COPD and the comorbidity of Type I Diabetes. The client is being treated with prednisolone. The following are the client’s blood gas results:              pH: 7.30  PaCO2: 35   HCO: 18.     The nurse knows that these results are interpreted as:                                  

A nurse administers ipratropium bromide, as ordered, to a client with emphysema.  Which finding indicates that the drug is producing a therapeutic effect?    

A client with a history of asthma presents with shortness of breath, increased respiratory rate of 32 bpm and increased use of accessory muscles.  The nurse will choose which medications that is most  appropriate for this situation?

In our 2020 Summer Reading assignment: Brain on Fire  by Susannah Cahalan, we read that Susannah Cahalan developed neurological and behavioral changes due to what autoimmune disease process?

Which signs/symptoms does the nurse most likely expect if the client is experiencing atelectasis?

The client with a laryngectomy does not want his family to see him.   He indicates that he thinks the opening in his throat is disgusting.  What would the nurse’s best intervention be?                   

A client is diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis is being discharged with prescription for an oral steroid which will be discontinued gradually.  Which statement is the scientific rationale for this type of medication dosing with the use of steroids?               

A nurse is caring for a client with bacterial pneumonia.  The primary care provider prescribes IV antibiotics for the treatment of pneumonia as well as diagnostic tests.  Which of the following prescribed orders must be completed before antibiotic therapy begins?