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Paramedics have brought to the Emergency Department an unconscious patient found in a car with the engine running in a closed garage. He is wearing a nasal cannula delivering 4 LPM of oxygen. A pulse oximetry probe attached to his finger shows an SpO2 reading of 99%. An arterial blood gas sample was drawn and analyzed through a CO-oximeter. The results show a PaO2 of 140 mm Hg, PaCO2 of 30 mm Hg, and SaO2 of 75%. What would best explain the differences in saturation?

A 30-year-old presents with hypertension, headache, tachycardia, excessive, and weight loss. Which of the following diagnoses is supported by this symptomology?

The nurse realizes the client diagnosed with mitral stenosis has incomplete emptying of which of the following? 

A nurse takes the pulse of a 62 year old female and measures a heart rate of 108 beats/minute. Upon looking at this patients electrocardiogram, the nurse notices that all waves associated with each heartbeat appear normal. This patient will likely be diagnosed with:

During a teaching session on the care of a diabetic client, a nurse should make which statement to best explain the differences in insulin?

Which insulin is used to maintain basal insulin levels over a 24 hour period?

Physostigmine is used to treat to treat which of the following conditions? 

Type I hypersensitivity includes which of the following antibodies? 

The following pulmonary function values are obtained from a patient: Predicted Observed % Predicted FVC (L) 5.6 3.1 55 FEV1 (L) 3.7 1.3 35 FEV1/FVC (%) 70 42 — TLC (L) 7.0 7.9 113 Which of the following is the most likely interpretation of these results?

The client is about to eat lunch. Per sliding scale, you administer 4 units of Insulin Lispro subcutaneously at 1130. As the nurse, you know the patient is most at risk for hypoglycemia at what time?