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A patient having surgery has the medical abbreviation PAD listed in their medical history. What does PAD stand for? 

The position in which a prone or supine patient is tilted with the head down.

A urinary catheter used to drain the bladder once (sometimes called a Robinson catheter).

What is the meaning of the medical abbreviation of the diagnostic blood test result: BUN

Areas of the body subject to pressure from gravity and weight.

The patient is scheduled for a debridement of an infected wound on the right lower leg. The surgeon has asked for culture tubes and ordered an aerobic anaerobic study done on the culture tubes, as well as a C&S.  What does the lab test C&S stand for?

Extension of a joint beyond its normal anatomical range.

The nurse answers a call light and finds the patient gasping for breath and looking very anxious. Based on the patient’s history, the nurse believes the patient may be experiencing a pulmonary embolism (PE). Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

The nurse enters the room of a patient who is acutely short of breath. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

The LPN is providing care for an 88-year-old patient. Which of the following age-related assessment findings would the nurse expect? (Select all that apply.)