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To encourage a child in Piaget’s Preoperational Stage of Development, to express anxious feelings, the nurse engages the child with toys in a play situation. What is the reason for using this approach?    

A hospitalized client diagnosed with panic attacks is being assessed by the nurse on shift. Upon assessment, the client states their name correctly and that they are in the hospital. The client believes the year is 5 years ago and that they are hospitalized because their pet died. How would the nurse document the client’s orientation status?  

The nursing diagnosis Powerlessness related to imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain manifested by the client stating, “When I’m feeling overwhelmed, I get stuck and can’t change or do anything.” Which outcome BEST demonstrates improvement as it relates to this nursing diagnosis?  

It is taking a mechanically ventilated patient 35cmH2O to generate a VT of 700mL at a flow rate of 10 liters per second. What is the patient’s compliance?

The nurse observed that after lunch the depressed client sat at a table and talked with two other clients. What is the BEST feedback for the nurse to give this client?  

The young adult male patient has been prescribed Haloperidol (Haldol). It is day 4 and the nurse identifies the patient as having a dystonic reaction based upon which assessment findings?  

When Poiseuille’s law is rearranged for pressure, what adjustment must be made in driving pressure to maintain the same flowrate when the radius of the tube is reduced by 50%?

What is the only absolute way of confirming hyperventilation?

When rapid ventilatory rates occur, what is the term for the condition in which positive pressure remains in the alveoli during exhalation due to the insufficient expiratory time resulting in air-trapping?

Which flow pattern occurs in airways at low flow rate and low pressure-gradient?