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Which best represents the purpose of a summative course clinical evaluation tool?

The probability that sporting event tickets are available by telephone is 0.93. For the same event, the probability that tickets are available through a Web site is 0.89. Assume that these two ways to buy tickets are independent. What is the probability that someone who tries to buy tickets both through the Web site and by the telephone will obtain at least one ticket? Round your answer to four decimal places (e.g. 0.9876).  

Explain Uche Okeke’s concept of natural synthesis and how it differs from other attempts to create modern art that was distinctly African. 

The chest radiograph of an adult patient just placed on HFOV shows the diaphragm at the level of the seventh rib. Which of the following parameters should be adjusted?

A pediatric patient with air leak syndrome is being ventilated with PC-CMV. The settings are: rate = 20 breaths/min, TI = 0.8 sec, PIP = 30 cm H2O, PEEP = 8 cm H2O, FIO2 = 0.8, MAP = 14 cm H2O. The patient is to be switched to HFOV. What MAP range is appropriate for this patient?

You are caring for a patient with an IBW of 50kg on the following settings, SIMV/VC, tidal volume 575ml, RR 12bpm, PEEP 5cmH2O, FIO2 0.40. You obtain a blood gas with the following results: ph 7.49, PaCO2 33, PaO2 82, HCO3 26. The physician asks you to make one single change, if needed. What would you do?

Which of the following is an advantage of using a vibrating mesh nebulizer, such as Aerogen Aeroneb, when administering aerosols to mechanically ventilated patients?

Advantages of closed suctioning include which of the following?1. No need to prehyperoxygenate or posthyperoxygenate.2. No need to watch saturations during suctioning.3. Decreased risk of infection for caregiver and/or patient.4. No loss of PEEP during the procedure.

Which of the following is the most appropriate PEEP level for the patient whose information is in the table below? Time 0140 1050 0155 0200 0205 0210 PEEP (cm H2O) 5 8 10 12 15 18 Cardiac Output (L/min) 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.2 Mixed venous PO2 (mm Hg) 28 39 43 45 42 27 BP 140/90 133/90 124/90 120/80 115/78 100/70

In the APRV mode, which of the following is considered baseline (where the patient spends most of the time breathing)?