The purpose of this pre-assessment is to gauge your knowledg…

The purpose of this pre-assessment is to gauge your knowledge of material covered in prerequisite courses. Your performance on this assessment helps me to identify areas where students tend to be strong versus areas where students struggle. Knowing where students struggle is important so I can allocate additional class materials to get students to the level they need to be in the course. Therefore, please take this assessment without the help of any outside sources such as textbooks, Google, or AI. Remember, you will receive full credit regardless of how many questions you answer correctly.

A patient in the ICU has had an endotracheal tube for 3 week…

A patient in the ICU has had an endotracheal tube for 3 weeks. The physician has scheduled the patient to have an tracheostomy tube placed. The patient’s family wants to know why the endotracheal tube cannot be left in. What would be the nurse’s best answer?

A client call you to the room with a complaint of shortness…

A client call you to the room with a complaint of shortness of breath. The SaO2 is 89 % on Room Air. He has rhonchi in all lobes and a temperature of 101, HR 122, RR 36 and BP 160/92. ABGs are as follows: pH 7.33 PaO2 70 PaCO2 72 HCO3 29 Select all that apply: