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Jess has completed her two-year medical assistant program. She really wants to be a nurse, but needs to start working as soon as possible in order to pay her bills and loans. Unbeknownst to her, one of her professors has put her name in for an award program at the local nursing college. She is notified that she is a finalist for the award—full paid tuition and a living stipend. This ________ can enable her to exceed her goals.

A patient was admitted with acute lung failure.  The morning chest radiography study reveals right lower lobe pneumonia. Which test would the nurse expect the practitioner to order to identify the infectious pathogen?

An ICU patient receives a routine chest radiography (chest x-ray) at the bedside. The nurse knows that the purpose of the routine diagnostic is to identify which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

You are caring for a patient with pneumonia and on mechanical ventilation. You have orders to suction the patient every 2 hours or PRN to maintain airway patency. Which interventions minimize the complications associated with suctioning an artificial airway? (Select all that apply.)

A trauma victim has sustained right rib fractures and pulmonary contusions. Auscultation reveals decreased breath sounds on the right side. A tracheal deviation to the left and asymmetric chest expansion. Heart rate (HR) is 130 beats/min, respiratory rate (RR) is 32 breaths/min, and breathing is labored. In addition to oxygen administration, what procedure should the nurse anticipate?

What condition develops when air enters the pleural space from the lung on inhalation and cannot exit on exhalation?

In preparing a patient for intubation with an orotracheal tube, which intervention is the most appropriate?

Identify the movement of the right crural region [A].

Which of the following is INCORRECT about diarthroses functional classifications of joints?