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Patricia is in the car with her niece Cara and notices that Cara is quiet and not participating in the conversation. Patricia asks Cara what’s wrong, and Cara says, while rolling her eyes, “Nothing, everything is perfectly fine.” Despite what Cara says, Patricia is sure that something is wrong and decides to speak with Cara privately when they get to their destination. What principle of nonverbal communication is at play?

Because cultures can differ substantially in communication patterns, it is common to experience a lack of certainty when communicating with someone from another culture. This lack of certainty is called

The respiratory therapist enters the room of a patient being mechanically ventilated with volume ventilation. The high pressure alarm is sounding and the measured exhaled tidal volume is significantly lower than what is set. The variable that is ending inspiration is which of the following?                                              1:3:10

Identify which factor would NOT help create a co-culture.

Frances and Jean are watching the president give a speech on television. Frances is a big supporter of the president and identifies politically with his party. Jean did not vote for the president and does not agree with his policies. While listening to the address, Frances is delighted with the president’s message and thinks he is on point, whereas Jean thinks the president is not addressing the issue at hand. Which characteristic of communication does this scenario illustrate?

The limit variable set on a mechanical ventilator will do which of the following?            1:3:8

Which term describes the totality of learned, shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguish one group of people from another?

A breath that is triggered, limited, and cycled by the mechanical ventilator is which of the following?                                                                            2:5:11

The first arterial blood gas for an asthma patient in the emergency department reveals: pH 7.49; partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2) 30; partial pressure of oxygen (PO2) 82; oxygen saturation (SO2) 95%; bicarbonate (HCO3-) 24 on a nasal cannula 3 L/min. The patient’s peak expiratory flow rate was 165 L/min, respiratory rate was 16, and pulse 106. After continuous aerosolized albuterol over the last hour patient’scurrent arterial blood gas results are as follows: pH 7.34; PCO2 45; PO2 49; SO2 79%; HCO3- 25 on a high flow nasal cannula 15 L/min. The patient’s peak expiratory flow rate is 95 L/min, respiratory rate 35, pulse 128, and the patient is diaphoretic. The respiratory therapist should suggest which of the following at this time?                                                                                              2:4:4

_____ nonverbal messages is essential because we can’t interpret messages unless we first take note of them.