The nurse is preparing to receive a postoperative client who just had a tracheostomy. Which action by the nurse takes priority?

A client who is scheduled for an echocardiography today asks why this test is being performed. What is the nurse’s best response?

A nurse assesses a client with asthma and notes bilateral wheezing, decreased pulse oxygen saturation, and suprasternal retraction on inhalation. What actions by the nurse are best? (Select all that apply.)

A nurse assesses the following electrocardiography (ECG) strip from a client’s telemetry monitor. What does the nurse chart as the client’s ventricular heart rate?

When working with women who are taking hormonal birth control, what health promotion measures does the nurse teach about taking hormonal birth control and smoking? 

A nurse assesses a client who has facial trauma. Which assessment findings require immediate intervention? (Select all that apply.)

Which clinical manifestation in a client with possible stroke alerts the nurse to the possibility of aspiration?

A particle moves in the x-y plane according to r(t) = (4 + 3t3) i + (2 + 2t4) j.  Here distances are measured in meters and times in seconds.  At t = 2 seconds, what angle does the velocity of the particple make with the x-axis?

A river flows due east at 1 m/s and is 75 meters wide.  A swimmer is on the south shore and wishes to cross to a point directly opposite on the north shore.  If the swimmer moves at 1.6 m/s relative to the water, how long will it take them to cross the river? 

A spring of spring constant k = 500 N/m hangs down from the ceiling. You attach a mass of 2kg to the bottom of the spring and let go. How far does the spring extend before first momentarily stopping. The answer is in centimeters.