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When could you use -180 mmHg for suctioning the airway?

A bedside test sometimes called a NIF could also be called?

The nursing student realizes that the most important aspect of education for the patient’s success in learning is what?  

(Hornecker Dyslipidemia) Which statin would be most appropriate to initiate in a 65 year-old male with diabetes who has multiple major ASCVD risk factors?

(Linn Arrhythmias) Which antiarrhythmic medication will NOT predominantly prolong the QT interval?

(Linn Arrhythmias)Patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing DCC should receive IV unfractionated heparin or low-molecular-weight heparin (treatment doses) at presentation prior to cardioversion.

Vandiver, ACS Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding cardiac stents?

(Hornecker Dyslipidemia) Which of the following would be considered an appropriate interval for monitoring the effects of lifestyle modifications and statin initiation/dose adjustment?

(Linn Arrhythmias)This is a 78-year-old female who is admitted to the emergency room due to a fall in her backyard while stepping off the patio. She complains only of right thumb pain that occurred immediately after using her right arm to help break her fall. Upon completing the physical exam, her heart rate and rhythm are noted to be irregularly irregular, and she is unaware of when this arrhythmia began. PMH Type II DMMPTAMVICalciumMetforminAllergiesPenicillinIodineVitalsBP 117/76HR 119O2 98% on room airCV: LVEF > 40%, irregularly irregularAfter achieving successful rate control and cardioversion, what chronic antithrombotic therapy would you recommend for her?

(Hornecker Dyslipidemia) When defining efficacy of statin therapy as a percentage of LDL reduction, moderate-intensity statins would be expected to decrease LDL by [1]%, while high-intensity statin therapy would be expected to decrease LDL by [2]%.