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A 68-year-old client with a history of congestive heart failure presents to the emergency department with acute pulmonary edema. The nurse performs an initial assessment and notes the following: respiratory rate 32 breaths/min, bilateral crackles on auscultation, oxygen saturation of 85% on room air, and extreme anxiety. Which of the following interventions should the nurse prioritize to manage this client’s condition? Select all that apply.

A client with a tracheostomy has a sudden onset of respiratory distress. The nurse assesses the tracheostomy and notes that it is in place, but the nurse can hear audible gargling. What is the nurse’s first action? 

A client with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with shortness of breath and an ABG showing the following values: pH: 7.32, PaCO2: 55, HCO3: 24. What is the priority nursing intervention?  

Which statement about a typically developing 24-month-old child is most accurate?

Studies of individuals with prosopagnosia and object agnosia provide evidence that:

Which cognitive process can occur most independently of focused attention?

Typing of influenza A virus for vaccine development depends on the identification of its hemagglutinin protein, and this protein:

Which of the following best characterizes the innate immune system?

Which immune system activity tends to increase in the elderly?

Blood groups are made up of any surface antigen on formed elements, not just ABO and Rh, and include over 1000 known antigens.