13C – The nurse is taking care of a patient with persistent asthma and COPD.  Which of the following statements indicates appropriate teaching by the nurse? (SELECT ALL THAT APPLY). Note: Full credit can only be obtained by selecting only all correct choices.

9C – The NICU nurse is taking care of a 1-week-old baby boy. The baby’s mom is concerned about their child’s breathing. They say, “he is only breathing through his nose and at times his breathing seems irregular.” The nurse assesses the baby and finds his O2 sats are 97% with a respiratory rate of 40. The nurse should:

11C – A 19 year-old patient with asthma has been prescribed an budesonide/formoterol (Symbicort) inhaler. The nurse knows this medication is:

4A – Which information will the nurse include for a patient newly diagnosed with GERD? 

5A – The nurse is reviewing labs from a patient admitted for suspected malnutrition. Which lab value would give the nurse the best information about the patient’s protein status recently (few days to a week)?

2C – The nurse is caring for a 9 year old patient with cystic fibrosis. All of the following interventions have been ordered for the patient’s plan of care. Which intervention is the priority?

7A – You are teaching a patient about fiber and its role in the prevention of constipation. Which of these statements, if made by the patient, would indicate the patient needs more teaching?

10C – Which assessment information obtained by the nurse when caring for a patient with pneumonia is most important to communicate to the health care provider?

You would like to make 1 L of a 1 M Tris buffer (pKa = 8.1). Tris comes as a free base. How many moles of HCl would you expect to need for this solution to reach a pH of 6.5? Reminder: The protonated and deprotonated forms of Tris should total 1 mol/L (1M). (2 pts)

6C – The nurse is caring for a 65-year-old patient who has suffered a stroke. Which type of pneumonia is the patient most at risk for developing?