Which of the following statements in NOT true regarding the use of sterile gloves in the hospital setting?

Where is the normal apical impulse (point of maximal impulse) usually identified?

Which term would best describe “a grating sound that occurs when the pleural surfaces become inflamed and the roughened edges rub together during breathing”?

Which of the following is a typical cause of atelectasis?

Nasal flaring in the neonate usually indicates?

Which of the following is NOT one of the five recommended components of an infection control program in the hospital setting?

While observing a patient’s breathing, you note that the depth and rate first increase, then decrease, followed by a period of apnea. Which of the following terms would you use in charting this observation?

During examination of a patient’s extremities, you press firmly for a brief period on a fingernail. You observe that it takes about 5 seconds for the color to return to the nail bed. This finding is most consistent with which of the following?

Which of these conditions is associated with jugular venous distension?

A patient states that he or she has smoked 25 cigarettes per day for 25 years. How many pack years is that?