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The nurse is caring for a client who sustained rib fractures after hitting the steering wheel of the car during a motor vehicle crash. The client is spontaneously breathing and receiving oxygen via a face mask; the oxygen saturation is 95%. During the nurse’s assessment, the oxygen saturation drops to 80%. The client’s blood pressure has dropped from 128/76 mm Hg to 84/60 mm Hg. The nurse assesses the breath sounds are absent throughout the left lung fields. The nurse notifies the provider and anticipates which order? 

A hospital unit is participating in a bioterrorism drill. A “client” is admitted with inhalation anthrax. Under what type of precautions does the charge nurse admit the “client”?

Aging that involves universal and irreversible changes that, due to genetic programming, occur as people get older is called _________.

a.  Give the scientific name of this State Tree of Florida. [answerA] b.  Is it a monocot or dicot (eudicot)? [answerB]

Which aspect of death is characterized by the failure of vital organs, often resulting in difficulty with eating and breathing?

A nurse responds to a building collapse at a local store after a weather-related event. The nurse triages victims at the site of the building collapse, what is the nurse’s priority action?

Why is the stage of rapid vocabulary growth in toddlerhood often called the “naming explosion?”

What is the current life expectancy in the U.S?

An “empty nest”, when referring to parenting, is when:

Shelby is talking with her doctor about prenatal screening. She wants to know what will be covered in the screening. Which of the following is not a condition prenatal screening tests routinely screen for?