3.  As CO2  rises, chemoreceptors send signals to the _____________________ to ____________________ventilation.   

43. The registered nurse is observing a new Licensed Practical Nurse suctioning a client. Which of the following indicates correct technique was used?

31. The nurse assesses a client’s respirations and finds abnormal respirations marked by a cycle which begins with slow, shallow respirations and gradually become deep and rapid and then stop briefly.  The nurse will document the presence of:

37. An elderly client in a skilled nursing facility is given the diagnosis of emphysema and is receiving oxygen therapy. Upon entering the room, the nurse notices flames coming from the garbage can. Which of the interventions will the nurse perform first?

29. The nurse caring for a client with a tracheostomy understands that their primary responsibility is:

48.  Physician’s order: Penicillin 3.5 mg/kg On hand the nurse has: 5 mg/mL The client weighed 77 lbs this morning. How many mL will the nurse give?  Round your answer to the nearest tenth decimal place.

8.  The nurse is performing the AM physical assessment on an 88-year-old patient admitted with pneumonia. The nurse correctly performs the respiratory assessment by auscultating:

22.  The nurse is caring for a patient that is admitted for status asthmaticus. The physician has ordered beclomethasone and levalbuterol. Which of the following interventions will the nurse perform related to administration of the medications?

The image above shows normal ranges for each value in the first column, then complete blood counts for 3 patients in the next three columns. Which statement about the Complete Blood Count results is FALSE?

The next three exam questions refer to the following quotation from one of the Vaccination Graphic Novels we looked at in class.  In the 1700s, Edward Jenner observed that milkmaids that caught cowpox didn’t catch small pox.  To prove that cowpox was the key to immunity he performed an experiment.  Using a lancet covered with ooze from a cowpox sore Jenner made 3 small cuts in the arms of a healthy young boy (the son of his gardener).  The boy got cowpox and was sick for a few days but soon recovered.  Shortly after the boy recovered from cowpox, Jenner tested his hypothesis and repeated the procedure using infectious material from a patient dying of smallpox.  Again, the boy got sick, but didn’t get smallpox and more importantly didn’t die.  The young boy soon recovered and this method turned the tide on the fight against smallpox and many other disease.  Jenner called this new method “vaccination.”