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A nurse takes an adult client’s blood pressure and determines it to be normal. What reading did the nurse obtain?

Client teaching by a nurse is considered successful regarding myasthenia gravis when the client identifies the cause as being which of the following? 

To determine if the patient’s diaphragm moves with each breath, the respiratory therapist should

Exhaustion occurs if stress continues and which of the following is not successful.

During a bedside patient assessment, the respiratory therapist hears vesicular breath sounds over all lung areas. A note should be put into the chart that this represents

Both Cushing disease and Addison disease can manifest with elevated levels of:

Which of the following are indications for prednisone use? Select all that apply. There are 3 correct answers.

An 11-year-old is newly diagnosed with type 1 DM. Which classic symptoms should the nurse assess the patient for? 

Alpha cells of the pancreatic islets secrete _______?  _______

Paramedics have brought to the Emergency Department an unconscious patient found in a car with the engine running in a closed garage. He is wearing a nasal cannula delivering 4 LPM of oxygen. A pulse oximetry probe attached to his finger shows an SpO2 reading of 99%. An arterial blood gas sample was drawn and analyzed through a CO-oximeter. The results show a PaO2 of 140 mm Hg, PaCO2 of 30 mm Hg, and SaO2 of 75%. What would best explain the differences in saturation?