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A 5’9″, 266-lb. male intubated patient has the following acid-base balance: pH  7.21 PaCO2 68 Pa02 74 HCO3 26 Sa02 94% He is currently on the following settings: VC-CMV: Vt 400, RR 15, PEEP 5 and 100% What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

A 5’7″, 154-lb. female intubated patient has the following acid-base balance: pH  7.36 PaCO2 43 Pa02 50 HCO3 25 Sa02 84% She is currently on the following settings: VC-CMV: Vt 425, RR 12, PEEP 5 and 65% What should the respiratory therapist recommend?

An 18-year-old, 5’6″ and 194 lb. female status athmaticus patient is admitted to the intensive care unit due to acute respiratory failure. The physician would like to institute lung protection strategies while the patient is on mechanical ventilation and would like to maintain a Ve of around 7 L/min.  Which of the following initial settings would be the most appropriate?  

A sedated patient is currently being ventilated in VC-CMV. His current PCO2 is 25 mm Hg on a Ve of 12.5 L/min. The physician would like for him to have a targeted PCO2 of 40 mm Hg. What is the respiratory rate required to achieve this?

An IV was started at 3:00 a.m. and will take 12 hours 20 minutes to infuse. When will the infusion be complete using military time?

A nurse recognizes that there are various factors that affect drug absorption in the body.  Which of the following drug routes allows full absorption of the medication and has the fastest absorption rate?

Order: Synthroid 0.15 mg po daily. Available: Synthroid tablets labeled 75 mcg. How many tablets will you administer to deliver the correct dose?

There is an order for the patient to receive Novolin R U-100 28 units and Novolin N  U-100  13 units subcut at 0730. What is the total  amount of insulin in the syringe to administer at 0730.

What is one of the two ways to say “you’re welcome” in Spanish?

A patient’s abdominal girth has been increasing in size due to ascites fluid. The nurse measures it and finds it to be 40.5 inches. What is the abdominal girth in cm?