Which of the following medications can help reduce acute dyspnea in a patient with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

What term should the nurse use to document blood-tinged sputum?

A patient with a tracheostomy is dyspneic and has coarse crackles anteriorly on auscultation. What should the nurse do first?

A patient with a chest drainage system is admitted to the respiratory unit. The nurse notes vigorous bubbling in the water seal chamber of the system. Which of the following actions by the nurse is correct?

The nurse is providing routine follow-up care for a young adult with asthma who has been on a 3-month course of maintenance therapy. Which of the following activities would best help the nurse to determine if the patient’s treatment plan was effective?

In 3-5 complete sentences, explain what the quote is about (give the larger context) and how/why you feel it is important to the story. Give as much detail as possible using your own knowledge and written language skills. “They posted no warnings that the mine was filled with explosive gas. They allowed innocent people to enter that mine when they knew it was deadly. It could’ve been any of you. And they did not come forward with the truth because they knew they were in the wrong. And now they seek to use the tragedy of Louisa Mae’s stroke as a way to take her land. The law clearly says one cannot profit from one’s misdeeds. Well, if what Southern Valley did does not qualify as a misdeed, then nothing on this earth ever would.” – Wish You Well p. 387

In 3-5 complete sentences, explain what the quote is about (give the larger context) and how/why you feel it is important to the story. Give as much detail as possible using your own knowledge and written language skills. “’I read me a book one time,’ Diamond said proudly. ‘What was the title?’ Lou asked. ‘Don’t recall ‘xactly, but it had lots of pictures. No, I take that back, I read me two books, if you count the Bible.’”       – Wish You Well p. 155

In 3-5 complete sentences, explain what the quote is about (give the larger context) and how/why you feel it is important to the story. Give as much detail as possible using your own knowledge and written language skills. “ ’Had one studded out, but she ain’t dropped her calf yet and I getting right worried. And Bran got the fever. Sheep getting to be more bother than anything. And that old nag ain’t do a lick of work no more, and eats me out of house and home. And yet, that old girl done worked herself to death all these years for me.’ She paused and drew a breath. ‘And McKenzie down at the store, he ain’t giving no more credit to us folk up here.’ ‘Hard times, Louisa, no denying that.’ ‘I know I can’t complain none, this old mountain give me all it can over the years.’” – Wish You Well p. 99

In 3-5 complete sentences, explain what the quote is about (give the larger context) and how/why you feel it is important to the story. Give as much detail as possible using your own knowledge and written language skills. “The choice to be a writer was not the mere selection of an occupation, but rather the choice of an all-consuming lifestyle. And the business of a writer, he carefully pointed out, was the business of life, in both its uplifting glory and its complex frailty.” – Wish You Well p.23

In 3-5 complete sentences, explain what the quote is about (give the larger context) and how/why you feel it is important to the story. Give as much detail as possible using your own knowledge and written language skills. “They sat back and waited. Then the squirrel broke free from the woods and flashed right into the mine. Jeb plunged in after it. Diamond leapt to his feet. ‘Jeb! Jeb! Git back here!’ The boy charged out of the woods. Eugene made a grab for him, but Diamond dodged him and ran into the mine. But it was Jeb that came racing out of the mine after the squirrel. Lou grabbed at the dog, and then the concussive force of the explosion knocked Lou off her feet. Dust and dirt poured out of the mine, and Lou coughed and gagged in this maelstrom. Lou said a silent prayer. It seemed to take forever, but then Eugene appeared, dazed, covered with dirt, bleeding. He looked at them, tears on his face.” – Wish You Well pp. 257–258