Which of the following IS NOT a typical clinical feature of Guillain-Barre?

All of the following statements about thermal injury are true EXCEPT:

Which of the following is the equation to calculate MAP (mean airway pressure)?

A patient who was intubated with a history of COPD who exacerbated due to RML and RLL pneumonia has been in the MICU for the past two days with little improvement of the underlying condition. At 0700 you document the following parameters, PIP 26, Pplat 14 and then two hours later you note the following, PIP 27, Pplat 23. What is the underlying problem that has resulted in these changes?

A patient with a large left tension pneumothorax is likely to exhibit all of the following, EXCEPT:

Which of the following are appropriate orders before an elective fiberoptic bronchoscopy procedure scheduled for the next morning?I. patient should be NPO after midnightII. administration of IM medicationIII. anesthesize the airway with an aerosolized anesthetic

Which of the following mechanisms explains the development of a pleural effusion in the patient with CHF?

A “sucking chest wound” with positive pleural pressures on inspiration and an unacceptably high PaCO2 are associated with __________________.

A patient who was intubated with a history of COPD who exacerbated due to RML and RLL pneumonia has been in the MICU for the past two days with little improvement of the underlying condition. At 0700 you document the following parameters, PIP 26, Pplat 14 and then two hours later you note the following, PIP 27, Pplat 23. What is the underlying problem that has resulted in these changes?

The late work policy allows you up to seven days to submit a late assignment with points deducted for each day the assignment is late. What is the guideline regarding points deducted for late assignments?