A nurse understands that which of the following legal guidelines must be followed with documenting in a client’s record?

Attitudes are a component of critical thinking.  What does is mean if a nurse has an attitude of perseverance?

A respiratory therapist has been assigned to administer hyperinflation therapy to a number of patients on the ward. In which of the following conditions may hyperinflation therapy be beneficial?

In order to guarantee the same performance of the nebulizer after repeated use, what should be suggested to the user?

 When administering aerosol therapy to a pediatric patient, which of the following conditions can affect aerosol deposition? I. Airway diameter II. Respiratory rate III. Body weight IV. Nasal breathing

A therapist is viewing frontal and lateral neck X-rays of a 12-month-old child and notices what is described as the “thumb” sign: supraglottic narrowing above the vocal cords. Which of the following conditions does this child likely have?

A 5 year old boy has just been intubated.  The physican asks you what depth you like tap the ETT. What is your recommendation?

The following capnogram was obtained from a newborn infant receiving mechanical ventilation. How should the therapist evaluate this capnogram?

The physician in the emergency department is attending to a 12-year-old child who has an exacerbation of asthma. The physician asks the therapist to recommend a medication that has a synergistic effect with beta-2 agonists during asthma exacerbations. Which of the following medications should the therapist recommend?

A respiratory therapist is evaluating a chest radiograph of a patient taken 2 days after being admitted for significant respiratory distress and right middle lobe pneumonia. Although the therapist notices a dramatic clinical improvement in the patient, the chest X-ray appears to be more radiopaque than the one on admission. What could explain this situation?