A patient comes to the health nurse at the workplace with epistaxis. The patient reports frequent nosebleeds that have usually been controlled without intervention.Which assessmentwould be the most helpful after the nurse has stopped the bleeding?

Which intervention should the nurse use to keep the chest tubes from becoming occluded?

Identify the purpose of chest drainage. (Select all that apply.)

The patient with long-term emphysema is admitted with a secondary diagnosis of cor pulmonale. Which symptoms will the patient likely exhibit?

The nurse explains that the opening between the vocal cords is the __________.

Review the following ABG values and determine which state the patient is in.  pH: 7.38 PaCO2: 40 mmHg HCO3: 20 mEq/L

Which feature is a major advantage of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)?

In which way do leukotriene modifiers reduce the symptoms of asthma?

The nurse recognizes that the _______ reading in an arterial gas report indicates the amount of oxygen dissolved in the plasma.

In which way should a patient be positioned after a thoracentesis is completed and the dressing applied?