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An intubated patient is receiving enteral nutrition. Today she has a new onset fever, leukocytosis and increased sputum production. Chest x-ray demonstrates right lower lobe (RLL) infiltrate. Which  of the following intervention is most beneficial to decrease the incidence of this complication?

The 24-year-old patient is admitted after a drug overdose. She was intubated in the field for unresponsiveness. In the emergency department, her initial blood pressure is 100/70 mm Hg, for pulse is 65 beats/min, and her respiratory rate is 6 beats/min. She has pinpoint pupils, diffuse crackles on chest exam, and the toxicology screen positive for cocaine, methadone, and diazepam. Which of the following ventilator settings would be the most appropriate given her clinical presentation?

A patient is receiving digoxin 0.25 mg/day. Unless specified otherwise by the doctors order, what should the nurse do prior to administering this medication?

Which teaching point will the nurse include when providing discharge instructions to the patient with a new permanent pacemaker?

The nurse in a skilled nursing facility is caring for an 80-year-old patient who develops a productive cough with pink, frothy sputum. Which independent interventions should the nurse implement immediately? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse is assessing the cardiac complex above. What pattern should the nurse recognize in this rhythm strip?

A nurse prepares a patient for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The patient states, “I am afraid I might die.” What is the nurse’s best response?

A patient is receiving digoxin 0.25 mg/day. Unless specified otherwise by the doctors order, what should the nurse do prior to administering this medication?

What action should a nurse expect to implement when a patient returns from a cardiac catheterization?

The percentage change in average prices between hypothetical years 1980 and 1990 was approximately: