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A nurse is caring for a postoperative patient who has been mostly bedbound for 48 hours. The patient reports feeling “more tired,” has shallow respirations, and crackles are heard in the lower lobes bilaterally. Which action(s) should the nurse take to reduce the patient’s risk for further respiratory complications? Select all that apply

When caring for a client with limited mobility, which complication should the nurse consider the most critical?

A patient arrives at the emergency department after a motor vehicle collision and is diagnosed with a right femur fracture. The leg is immobilized in a full-length cast. The client is otherwise healthy, reports moderate pain, and has no additional injuries. Which nursing diagnosis is most appropriate to include in the initial plan of care?

Here are the URL links that can be used with this exam: https://3m.ntc.edu/launchCRS.html (this will get you to the patient information screen or encoder in 3M) https://3m.ntc.edu/reference2/index.html?RepId=1(this will get you to the 3M References page; NOTE:  open the above reference first and then this reference to get full search/scrolling functionality) CPT Professional Edition 2026 HCPCS Level II 2025

True or False: Bone densitometry is a specialty that assesses bone mineral density for diagnosis of osteoporosis.

True or False: Where MRI or CT are available, they have largely replaced conventional sialography procedures.

When studying an epidemic, an epidemiologist’s first task is to determinate the cause of the disease, called the causative agent or 

True or False: The wrist should be placed into the pronated PA position for a long bone study of the upper limb.

True or False: Right and left lateral decubitus positions are routinely taken for a lumbar myelogram.

Which of the following is NOT a reemerging disease?