Which of the following instructions would be most appropriate to give a patient who is learning pursed-lip breathing?

Atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries is most likely to lead to which of the following diagnosis?

Lorraine is a 66 year patient in the burn unit and she is currently experiencing “burn shock.”  She accidentally sat on a bed of hot coal and has a burn on bilateral buttocks.  Your Clinical Instructor informs you that you will be taking the Lorraine’s vital signs.  Prior to taking her vital signs, she reports that she has 7/10 pain in her buttocks.  When you take Lorraine’s vital signs, which of the following are you anticipating?

Bobby is a patient in the physical therapy clinic where you are a student.  Bobby has shoulder pain due to subacromial bursitis. The doctor’s prescription states “physical therapy three times a week and aspirin as needed.”  You hear the physical therapist (PT) ask Bobby  if he has ever taken aspirin and the patient states, “A few times when the shoulder pain kept me up at night, I took it.”  When the PT asked what he took, Bobby named a commercial acetaminophen.  One week after Bobby starts Physical Therapy, he asks you if you have any aspirin at your desk because he forgot to take some before he came to PT today.  True or False? Physical Therapists and Physical Therapist Assistants are allowed to give patients medication as long as they ask for it and it is over-the-counter.

Which of the following types of medications are you most likely to administer to a patient in physical therapy?

Injury to which of the following nerves would affect the innervation of the diaphragm?

Which of the following best describes the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle per minute?

Which of the following helps to regulate muscle movement?

Lorraine is a 66 year patient in the burn unit and she is currently experiencing “burn shock.”  She accidentally sat on a bed of hot coal and has a burn on bilateral buttocks.  Your Clinical Instructor informs you that you will be taking the Lorraine’s vital signs.  Prior to taking her vital signs, she reports that she has 7/10 pain in her buttocks.  Which of the following is considered Lorraine’s “symptom” and not a “sign”?

Which of the following best describes the normal value for fasting blood glucose?