The ICU nurse is caring for a client who sustained blunt force chest trauma during a motor vehicle collision. The client’s diagnosis is flail chest with a right femur fracture. Due to respiratory distress the client has been intubated with venitlator settings as follows: FiO2 60%, tidal volume 500, respiratory rate 12. The nurse should request which of the following additional ventilator settings be added?

The nurse is caring for a client with nephrotic syndrome. Which of the following is the greatest complication that the nurse should observe for?

A nurse is caring for a patient with a suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). Which diagnostic test is considered the most accurate and reliable for confirming a PE?

The nurse is irrigating an ostomy. Which of the following actions should the nurse take if the client complains of cramping?

The nurse is caring for a client admitted with a diagnosis of acute kidney injury. The client asks the nurse, “Are my kidneys failing? Will I need a kidney transplant?” Which response by the nurse is the most appropriate?

Which statement regarding traction is correct?

The critical care charge nurse is making assignments for the day. Which client should be assigned to the most experienced RN?

Identify the character: This woman was known as a nag, but she tolerated a lazy husband and kept a clean house. Her husband is relieved to find that she has died while he has been gone for two decades.

Identify the title where the following can be found: A piece of black crepe worn over the face blocking it from view

Identify the literary trend: This literary trend began in the early 1800s in American literature and painting, a generation after Europeans had use it. The trend often focuses on nature. It can also use the mystical, long ago and far away, the unknown. It stresses the emotional side of human experience rather than the intellectual side of the previous century. Among the great writers of this trend are Poe, Hawthorne,  Melville, and Bryant.