A patient has been admitted with acute pericarditis.  Assess…

A patient has been admitted with acute pericarditis.  Assessment findings now indicate neck vein distention, clear lungs, muffled heart sounds, tachycardia, respiratory distress, and pulsus paradoxus.  Which of the following would be the nurse’s response to these assessment findings?

An individual presents to the emergency room in a comatose s…

An individual presents to the emergency room in a comatose state. Their accompanying friend tells the hospital staff they found their roommate passed on the floor with a handwritten note held in their right hand. Investigation is done and is determined the voltage of the muscle cells in their body is -93 mV. Clearly the cells are in a ______________ making it more difficult for movement to occur