A nurse is caring for a client who has a three-chamber closed chest tube system. Which of the following actions should the nurse take after noticing fluctuations in the the volume of the water seal chamber in response to the client’s inspiration and expiration. 

The critical care charge nurse is making assignments for the day. Which client should be assigned to the most experienced RN?

The nurse is completing an admission assessment on a client with a history of a duodenal ulcer. To determine whether the problem is currently active, the nurse should assess the client for which symptom of a duodenal ulcer?

Identify the character: This person seeks revenge for a wrong and still relives the scene fifty years later. He did not want to take the life of the man who has insulted his family, but his society’s code of honor demanded action. On his deathbed, he remembers and confesses the details of the murder from fifty years ago as if it had just happened.

Identify the title of the story where the following is found: a famous wine kept in an underground vault

Identify this character: A successful man, he enjoys the good things of life. However, carnival time and a curiosity about fine wine lead him to his death at the hands of a man he has wronged by insulting his family honor. He is bricked up behind a wall in an underground vault in a catacomb.

Identify the author: I was born in Salem and while in college I was a roommate with Franklin Pierce, who would become President of the United States. I disagreed with my transcendental neighbors and saw that nature does not always present a pleasing aspect. I despised intolerance, hypocrisy, and greed that refuse to share joy. I recognized the sinful nature of all human beings in my fiction. I often used Puritan settings and outward symbols of inner sin. I wrote novels, short stories, and poems.

Identify the speaker of the quote: “The Great Spirit is angry with our enemies; he speaks in thunder, and the earth swallows up villages, and drinks up the Mississippi. The great waters will cover their lowlands; their corn cannot grow; and the Great Spirit will sweep those who escape to the hills from the earth with his terrible breath . . .BROTHERS–We must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other’s battles; and more than all, we must love the Great Spirit; he is for us; he will destroy our enemies, and make all his red children happy.”

Identify the author: A member of the first generation of Americans to grow up without thinking of themselves as colonists. Spent much time in Europe, admired past legends, lacked interest in issues of his day. First internationally-known American writer. His sketches and essays were early examples of the short story that American writers would perfect. Two of his stories are much loved and well-known classics today.

Identify the title where the following can be found: A piece of black crepe worn over the face blocking it from view