You are caring for an 86 year old who has just been admitted with acute pulmonary edema.  The patient arrived on your unit with oxygen at 3 liters per nasal cannula and a saline lock in place.  The patient’s oxygen saturation is 94% currently.  Which intervention has the highest priority?

Relative concepts and hypothetical constructs such as ‘anxiety’ are not preferred explanations of behavior because

A client tells the nurse, “My spouse abuses me often when intoxicated. The drinking has increased lately, but I always receive an apology afterward and flowers.”   Which phase in the cycle of violence prevents the client from leaving?    

A fair-skinned adult male notes the onset of an irregular pearly, dome-shaped lesion on the dorsum of his hand for several months. It has steadily increased in size. The nurse practitioner should advise ________: 

Once a diagnosis of Bell’s palsy is made, which should be a major concern that needs to be addressed?

The maximum accumulated dose (MAD) is the accumulated lifetime radiation dose determined by a formula based on the ___________.

What is the kinetic product obtained from the addition of 1 equivalent of HBr to 1,3-butadiene?  

Rank the following dienes in order of decreasing heat of hydrogenation, putting the diene with the highest heat of hydrogenation first.  

What is the name of the HOMO of excited state conjugated pentaene?  

Which of the following is most stable?