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Your patient has a chest tube to treat a pneumothorax. They are complaining of shortness of breath and you note decreased breath sounds on that side. What assessments will you perform on the chest tube system? Choose ALL that apply.

You are discharging a patient who is going home with a cast after an open tibia fracture with internal fixation. What is the Priority instruction?

A nurse is caring for a patient on the medical stepdown unit. The following data are related to this patient: Subjective Information Laboratory Analysis Physical Assessment Shortness of breath for 20 minutesFeels frightened”Can’t catch my breath” pH: 7.12PaCO2: 28 mm HgPaO2: 58 mm HgSaO2: 81% Pulse: 120 beats/minRespiratory rate: 34 breaths/minBlood pressure 158/92 mm HgLungs are clear What action by the nurse is most appropriate?

Your burn patient requires fluid resuscitation using the Parkland formula. They weigh 80kg and have a 88% burn. At what rate in ml/hr will you set your IV pump initially?

Consider the joint PDF of two random variables   given by , where 

Let X be a uniformly distributed continuous random variable from 0 to 1. Let Y=-ln(1-X) . Find the probability 

There is a deck of [n] cards. You are drawing [k] cards from the deck of [n] cards, and laying them down in front of you one-by-one. How many ways can you do this if the order of the cards in front of you does matter? 

Later Etruscan tombs resembled:

Consider a pair of random variables X and Y, each of which take on values on the set A={1,2,…,[n]}. The joint distribution of X and Y is a constant for all (x,y) pairs coming from the set A above. Let the random variable Z be given as the maximum of X and Y.  Find the probability that Z is less than or equal to [k].  

What was the original purpose of coins placed on the eyes of the deceased?