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During assessment of a patient for possible extubation, you want the vital capacity to be at least [vitalcapacity] mL/Kg.

You are treating a patient on a V60 BiPAP unit in S/T mode with settings of IPAP= 20 and EPAP= 5 with exhaled tidal volumes of 500 mL. The ventilator goes inoperative and you are unable to replace it with another V60. Given a PB 840 ventilator, which of the following modes and settings would best match the settings the patient was receiving on the V60?

You have an order to place an orally intubated patient on a spontaneous breathing trial. According to clinical practice guidelines, the maximum recommended time you should leave a patient with an endotracheal tube on an aersosol T-piece is [sbttime] minutes.

Which is a typical sign and symptoms of infective endocarditis?  

The RRT asks the patient to lift their head off the pillow and hold it as part of the assessment for extubation. What is this maneuver intended to assess?

How long should the nurse inform a client to fast before getting a lipid profile?

Standard initial settings for NIV include which of the following? PS= 10 cmH2O S/T mode IPAP= 8 cmH2O EPAP= 4 cmH2O Rate= 15

What RSBI value is considered acceptable for weaning and extubation?

You’re providing discharge teaching to a patient being treated for endocarditis. Which statement by the patient demonstrated they understood your teaching about this condition?

You are treating a patient receiving NIV via a V-60 ventilator in S/T mode. The settings are:IPAP 17 EPAP 8                       Ti 1.0 sec                    FiO2 50%The pts ABG results on these settings are: pH 7.49,  PaCO2 30, PaO2 83, HCO3  23Which change(s) below is (are) appropriate to normalize the ABGs?