You are intiating a patient on APRV with these settings: Thigh 5.0 s, Tlow 0.8 s Phi 24,  Plow 0 After changing over to these mode what is the most important thing to assess?

You are ventilating a pt in APRV. When you do a Pplat maneuver you notice that Pplat is the same as PIP. This would be because:

While ventilating with ASV, what will the ventilator do if the current MV is above the targeted value and the patient is breathing spontaneously?

You are ventilating a sedated patient in PCV mode. They become bronchospastic and their airway resistance increases. What change will we see occur?

Which interventions represent secondary prevention strategies in women’s health care? (Select all that apply.)

A parent of a 4-year-old asks about bedtime routines. Which statement is most appropriate?

A nurse is caring for a 14-year-old client in the outpatient clinic. Which of the following statements by the client indicates understanding of primary health prevention strategies implemented at this visit? (Select all that apply.)

Lung compliance could be described as:

You are ventilating a patient (65 kg IBW) using these parameters: PRVC RR 12 Vt 450 Peep 5 Ti 1.0 Flow trigger 0.5 lpm FiO2 55% Despite being on a Propofol infusion, the ventilator is reading a delivered RR of 22. The ABG shows: PaO2 80, PaCO2 29, pH 7.25, SaO2 96%, BE 0.5.  What change should you make?

A nurse is caring for a client who is at 40 weeks’ gestation and is in active labor. The client has 6 cm of cervical dilation and 100% cervical effacement. The nurse obtains the client’s blood pressure reading as 82/52 mm Hg. Which of the following nursing interventions should the nurse perform?