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48.A nurse is caring for an older adult client on postoperative day one following a right total knee replacement. The nurse recognizes that due to the client’s age and reduced mobility, they are at increased risk for developing postoperative respiratory complications. Which of the following interventions is most effective in reducing this risk?

Returns for the Alcoff Company over the last 3 years are shown below. What’s the standard deviation of the firm’s returns? (Hint: This is a sample, not a complete population, so the sample standard deviation formula should be used.) Year Return 2010   21.00% 2009 −12.50% 2008   25.00%

Assume a share of preferred stock offers an annual dividend of $2.50, and is currently selling for $57. What is this firm’s cost of preferred stock? Enter your answer as a percentage, without the percentage sign (‘%’), rounded to 2 decimals. For example, if your answer is 0.07789, that’s 7.79%, so just enter 7.79

Assume a company issued a callable bond with an 8% coupon rate a few years ago. Which of the following changes are likely to prompt the firm to call the bond?

A company has just paid a dividend of [d]$. Its discount rate is [r]%, and the expected perpetual growth rate is [g]%. What would you expect to be the stock’s price TODAY? Express your answer in dollars, rounded to the nearest cent (2 decimals).

Assume you have just obtained the semiannual YTM for a bond that pays semiannual coupons. How do you state this YTM on an annual basis?

A company has just paid a dividend of [d]$. Its discount rate is [r]%, and the expected perpetual growth rate is [g]%. What is the stock’s Capital Gain Yield? Express your answer as a percentage but without the percentage sign, and rounded to 1 decimal. That is, if your answer is 0.035, which is 3.5%, then just type 3.5.

Assume a stock pays a dividend of $5, which will never change. If the discount rate is 10%, what should be the price of the stock today? Enter your answer in dollars, rounded to the nearest cent (2 decimals).

(prior data) Based on the client’s presentation.  What is the priority finding that needs intervention?

The client with advanced AIDS is placed on comfort care measures only.  During your assessment, the client is nonverbal but moaning and agitated. The provider does not wish to prescribe pain medication due to the client’s known history of drug abuse.  What is the priority intervention as the nurse?