A patient’s arterial blood pressure is 90/48 mm Hg and intracranial pressure is 18 mm Hg. Using these values calculate the patient’s cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP). The patient’s CPP equals . You determine that the CPP indicates

You have just completed doing a 12- lead electrocardiogram on a patient who is complaining of chest pain. You notice that there is ST segment elevation in Leads V1-V4. This is a classic hallmark sign of the patient having

A patient with myasthenia gravis presents to the emergency department in crisis. The physician is going to administer edrophonium (Tensilon). As a nurse, you know that if the patient has a cholinergic crisis, you will need to administer

After explaining the purpose of chemotherapy to a 23-year-old patient who just received a diagnosis of acute leukemia, the patient asks you to repeat the information. Priority nursing diagnosis for this patient is

The discharge plan for a patient multiple myeloma should include which of the following instructions to maintain bone mineralization?

A nurse and physician are in a patient’s room on the telemetry floor, when suddenly the patient c/o dizziness, weakness, and shortness of breath. The cardiac monitor shows the following rhythm. The nurse should prepare for which of the following interventions?

The patient has a left pneumothorax and a chest-tube to water-seal drainage. To monitor for the complication of subcutaneous emphysema, the nurse should

A 3-year-old with a history of hydrocephalus has recently undergone a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt insertion. Which postoperative intervention is the most appropriate?

Describe a neuron and identify the basic parts.

The ________________involves our tendency to seek out and pay attention to information that supports our preexisting notions, and also to ignore contradictory information.