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A patient presents with the following ABG:    pH 7.31    PaO2 78      PaCo2  32   HCo3  20. What is your evaluation of the ABG. (Select all that apply)

Which  nursing intervention is appropriate to assist the patient in coping with admission to the critical care unit?

Your mechanically ventilated patient has the following ABG: pH  7.32   PaO2 60    PaCo2 45   HCo3   26. What changes would you expect to make on the ventilator settings?

A patient who has a history of a transient ischemic attack (TIA) has an order for aspirin 160 mg daily. When the nurse is administering the medications, the patient says, “I don’t need the aspirin today. I don’t have any aches or pains.” Which action should the nurse take?

A nurse is interpreting a patient’s ECG strip. Which of the following components of the ECG should the nurse examine to determine the time it takes for ventricular depolarization and repolarization?

While caring for a patient with a basilar skull fracture, the nurse observes clear drainage from the patient’s left naris. What is the best nursing action?

The nurse is caring for a patient with an ICP of 18 mm Hg and a GCS score of 3. Following the administration of mannitol, which assessment finding by the nurse requires further action?

Within 4 hours of a cervical spinal injury, the patient  is experiencing paralysis on one side of the body but has loss of  sensation on the other side of the body. What is the nurse’s interpretation of this finding?

The nurse admits a patient to the emergency department (ED) with a suspected cervical spine injury. What is the priority nursing action?

A stargazer has an astronomical telescope with an objective whose focal length is 180 cm and an eyepiece whose focal length is 1.20 cm. He wants to increase the angular magnification of a galaxy under view by replacing the eyepiece. Once the eyepiece is replaced, the barrel of the telescope must be adjusted to bring the galaxy back into focus. Since the new eyepiece shortens the original eyepiece focal length by 0.50 cm, what will be the new magnification the stargazer is now able to achieve?