Answers to Questions 39-42 are based on the scenario below. Scenario: A 75-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with respiratory failure secondary to pneumonia. After several days of being treated with steroids and antibiotics, he has stabilized on 2 L of oxygen via nasal cannula. He has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure, hypothyroidism, and rheumatoid arthritis, all of which are currently medically managed. Q39. A nurse is assessing the patient in the scenario and listens to lung sounds. Which findings would the nurse report to the healthcare provider for further evaluation?              

Q1.  A patient who has a history of asthma is experiencing an acute episode of shortness of breath and needs to take a medication for immediate relief. The nurse will choose which medication that is appropriate for this situation?                            

Q19. The nurse was educating the patient on what to expect from mucolytics, and described them as having what action?                  

Q4.  Which patient must avoid taking alpha-adrenergic decongestants?                  

Q44. After the patient takes a dose of an inhaled corticosteroid, such as fluticasone, what is the most important action the patient needs to do next?                        

Q8. A patient is inquiring about decongestants and asks the nurse to explain the common and serious adverse effects. Which statement by the nurse is correct?                        

Q3. What occurs in the nasal structures when cholinergic fibers are stimulated?                  

One of the advancements of the Greek polis in the Archaic Age was the introduction of a military, which was dependent on______, or citizen-soldiers who fought in a phalanx formation.

The Persian empire was divided into twenty districts, or parishes for easier governance.

Around 1200- 1100 BCE, major civilizations in the Middle East were destroyed or severely weakened. What do historians believe may have caused this catastrophe? Choose all answers that apply.