A 44 year old patient is admitted with fever and an altered level of consciousness (LOC).  Her blood pressure on admission is 74/30.  The patient is tachycardic and tachypneic and has a history of pneumonia for one week at the long-term care facility. Temp 102.1 F, HR 114, RR 24. Septic shock is suspected. Which of the following would be your priority for this patient upon receiving them to the ED bed? Choose the BEST answer

Which statement below best describes a classic presentation of TB?

It is vital that RNs understand the functional class of commonly given medications, in other words “what do they do for the patient?” For each med, choose the best dropdown answer.  There are many points available here. Don’t worry about them. Just work your way methodically through the questions.    1. Beta Blockers are recognizable because the generic names end with the suffix [BBsuffix]. They have two main therapeutic actions: [BBlower] and [BBdecrease]. An important potential side effect of Beta Blockers that we must be aware of is the potential for [BBSE].   2. Norepinephrine (Levophed) is a/an [levo] used to [levopurpose].   3. Dopamine is an interesting drug. At low doses (generally

A patient is in increasing respiratory distress which is beginning to look like mid-stage ARDS.  She is sitting up at 30 degrees in the bed in on a 40% venti mask, but her SpO2 is only 92%.  While you are at the bedside, the patient begins gasping for air and her O2 sats drop from 92% to the low 70’s%, she looks dusky.  What do you do next?

Continuing from the previous case study… The ER physician has seen and written orders for your patient in the previous question. You did a 12 lead EKG on the patient and here is the result:    The patient’s assessment is unchanged: heaviness in the chest and neck, shortness of breath, feelings of “something bad happening”, anxiety and restlessness.  Which of the following statements is a correct interpretation and anticipated plan of care for this patient? 

The goal in treatment of HIV patients is:

What is your interpretation of this 12 Lead ECG?

Which motivation theory focuses on employees’ beliefs that effort can produce performance and that performance can produce valued outcomes?

A leader communicates an idealized future that inspires followers and strengthens their emotional connection to a shared direction. This behavior MOST clearly reflects:

According to Chapter 8, why might two employees respond very differently to the same reward system?