A 30-year-old patient who is breathing spontaneously at a frequency of 28/min has blood gases as follows: pH 7.32, PaCO2, 58 mmHg, PaO2 45 mmHg. The physician wants to improve the patient’s blood gases. Which of the following methods is most beneficial for this patient?

The information processing model of learning suggests that the brain does four key things with incoming information.  Those are:

Which of the following is LEAST likely a potential complication of positive pressure ventilation?

A home health care nurse is visiting an older adult client who tells the nurse that she is feeling tired, is unable to shop for groceries, and would like the nurse to shop for her. Shopping and performing personal errands for the client is prohibited in the nurse’s job description. Which of the following is an appropriate nursing response?

A nurse is caring for a client who has schizophrenia and is taking haloperidol. The nurse should monitor for which of the following adverse effects of haloperidol?

A nurse is talking with a client who has schizophrenia. Suddenly the client states, “I’m frightened. Do you hear that? The voices are telling me to do terrible things.” Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?

A nurse is discussing the care of a client who has a conversion disorder with persistent aphasia with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements should the nurse include about conversion disorder?

A nurse is meeting with a client for the first time and plans on using a general lead to open up the conversation. Which is the most therapeutic sentence to use in this situation?

A patient is speaking with the nurse about their abusive relationship with their spouse. The patient states “I wish that he would just hit me already! I feel so much anxiety and tension, like I am walking on egg shells!” Which stage in the cycle of violence is this patient most likely in?

A family member of a patient with dementia wants to know about the cure and what treatments they can use to help restore the patient’s memories and personality. What would be the best response by the nurse?