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If a patient is receiving 5000 IU of SQ heparin bid, which statement regarding placement of a neuraxial anesthetic is true?

Which of the following statements regarding the technique of intubation is false?

Which is a cutting spinal needle?

A 11-year-old client enters the Emergency Department after falling off the playground at school and fracturing her elbow. The client is crying and has a respiratory rate of 29. The nurse understands that the client is at risk for which of the following acid-base imbalances. 

Which of the following mechanisms of injury is most likely to result in a rupture of the distal biceps tendon?

A 68-year-old male presents to the ER reporting chest pain. He has a history of stable angina that now appears to be unstable. He most likely has which of the following conditions? 

From a patient safety perspective, what color tubing is reserved for epidural infusions?

Which is the best reason an epidural catheter is injected with 3 ml of Lidocaine 1.5% with epinephrine 1:200,000?

The nurse is providing education to a client recently diagnosed with hypertension. What explanation should the nurse provide regarding the body’s attempt to compensate for hypertension?

Determine the most likely pathology based on the exam findings:  A 32-year-old Rugby athlete presents with neck pain after his most recent match: he has decreased lateral flexion and rotation range of motion to the left, positive Spurling’s test moving neck to left side with symptoms down left arm, negative Tinel’s sign on both right and left, negative Allen’s and Adson’s test.  No tenderness on spinous process.