A patient who is receiving chemotherapy is admitted to the hospital with acute dehydration caused by nausea and vomiting. Which action will the nurse include in the plan of care to best prevent the development of sepsis, septic shock, and/or multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS)?

While caring for a patient with an endotracheal tube, the nurses recognizes that suctioning is required

When monitoring a client diagnosed with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), which assessment finding should the nurse prioritize as the most critical indicator of disease progression?

Safer medical devices allow you to bend or break needles without potential harm.

The nurse is assessing a patient who has been diagnosed with cancer of the larynx. Part of the assessment is the patient’s general state of nutrition. Which lab value would be assessed in determining the nutritional status of the patient?  (Select all that apply.)

Patients and staff are all screened prior to entering the MRI room.

1.5 Tesla is the most common magnet strength used today.

Signals from hydrogen molecules help to form the MRI image.

The kinetics of the synthesis of methanol has been studied experimentally. Since the reaction occurs in the gas phase, the amount of reactants and products is monitored in terms of their partial pressure. The following initial reaction rates (in the absence of the product methanol) have been determined based on the change of  the partial pressure of H2, namely

A patient is to receive amoxicillin (Amoxil) 375 mg by mouth three times a day. The patient refers not to swallow tablets, so the pharmacy supplies amoxicillin suspension 250 mg per 5 mL. How many mL of the amoxicillin suspension will the nurse need to administer to provide the ordered dose? Record answer to the tenths