As the nurse enters the clients room she finds the client sitting in the tripod position.  The nurse knows this helps the client by?

A clients respirations are described as irregular and shallow.  What is the correct term used to identify this?

On inspection of a middle-aged client, you observe that the ratio of the anteroposterior-to-transverse diameter of the chest is approximately 2:2.  Which description might you use when documenting this finding?

The nurse notices the client’s breathing is more difficult and taking more effort, also only the left side of the chest is rising and falling.  How would the nurse document this?

Which is the best description of age-related repiratory changes that occur in the older adult?

Which of these list the regions of the abdomen:

During palpation of the anterior chest wall, the nurse notes a course, crackling sensation over the skin surface.  Which would best described what the nurse is palpating:

A client complains that he is only able to sleep when supported in an upright position.  Which term is the best to use when documenting this statement?

An occupational therapy evaluation must be reliably able to assess three interwoven essential elements: the ___________________, which is the “doing” of the occupation; the ________________, which is how the “doing” is experienced by the client; and ____________________, which means that a person is engaged in doing something and they experience it as valuable.

Some occupational therapists use the mnemonic RUMBA to evaluate the goal statements they write. What is RUMBA and what does it stand for?