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Which of the following is a sympathetic nervous system response that is MORE likely to be present after traumatic brain injury? 

A patient with a recent severe traunatic brain injury has no purposive cognitive or communicative engagement, but occassionaly smiles or cries.  What is the MOST appropriate classification of altered state of consciousness if the patient manages basic cardiorespiratory and homeostatic functions, tracking some of the PTAs movements in the room, but is not able to reliably execute purposive movement of muscle groups?

Which of the following assessment findings is an early sign of hypoxia? (Select all that apply)

During the assessment of the uvula, which of the following findings would be considered normal?

An infection that moves and spreads throughout the body of the host:

Microorganisms that typically cannot overcome the host’s normal body defenses without something else impacting the immune system (i.e., another illness, wounds, chronic disease).

Wearing protective clothing and exercising Universal Precautions while removing the deceased from the place of death:I. provides an effective barrier to portals of entry.II. eliminates the virulence of pathogens.III. reduces the number of microorganisms present.IV. is required by OSHA’s bloodborne pathogen rule.

The nurse determines a patient who just had surgery should have pain at a level of 3 or less on the 1-10 scale. What phase of the nursing process would this fall under?

The nurse is about to administer a stat dose of intravenous atropine sulfate to a patient who is experiencing a symptomatic cardiac dysrhythmia. During administration of this drug, the nurse will monitor the patient closely for which adverse effect?

A patient is receiving heparin therapy as part of the treatment for a pulmonary embolism. The nurse monitors the results of which laboratory test to check the drug’s effectiveness?