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Advance Beneficiary Notice of noncoverage may be required for what patient?

Tourniquets should be placed _____ inches above the venipuncture site.

Blood tested from patients who have been in a supine position for an extended period of time may exhibit what type of shift in certain blood test results

Which medication does not interfere with the BT test?

Lymphostasis is

At what level does the blood pressure cuff remain during a BT test?

Which vein lies on the same side of the arm as the thumb?

Using the SBAR technique for communicating with a health care provider, which of the following phrases would be associated with B-Background?

The nurse is caring for a client who states an increase in dyspnea.  Which of the following would the nurse perform first?

While reviewing the pulmonary assessment entered by a nurse in a client’s electronic medical record (EMR), a physician notices that the only information documented in that section is “WDL.” The physician also is not able to find a narrative description of the client’s respiratory status in the nurse’s progress notes. What is the most likely reason for this?