A patient with chronic venous insufficiency is being treated using intermittent pneumatic compression. The recommended pressure setting for the lower extremity is:

Q12. The nurse is caring for a patient whose fasting blood glucose is 202 mg/dL. What is the most likely cause for the elevated glucose level?

The rate at which a material transfers heat by conduction and which is usually expressed in (cal/s)/(cm2xºC/cm) is referred to as:

A patient reports an increase of symptoms down the right arm with mechanical cervical traction.  How should the therapist address this finding?

Hydrostatic pressure increases as the depth of immersion increases.  Which of the following physiologic changes will also result from an increase in the hydrostatic pressure?

A patient has edema due to arterial insufficiency and has an ulcer forming on the greater toe. Is this patient a good candidate for the functions of mechanical compression? Select the BEST response.

Potential adverse effects of edema include all of the following EXCEPT:

The oldest oceanic crust in the Pacific Ocean basin is the crust that is farthest from the mid-ocean ridge, and it occurs on the far western side of the Pacific basin.

A seamount is subsiding at a rate of 2.5 cm per year.  The plate that the seamount is on is moving at a rate of 3 cm per year to the west.  How far west of its current location will the seamount be in 10,000,000 years?

Mountain ranges on the west coasts of both North and South America are caused by: