What is the gold standard for diagnosing COPD?

A Patient with Asthma is presenting to the ER and is with tachypnea,  breathing 30 times a minute. What Acid Base Balance would you expect to see as the provider?

19. When performing an arthrocentesis, the APRN recognizes that:  

When Viewing a Chest X-Ray (CXR), what would indicated COPD as a differential diagnosis

31. Factors to consider with cardiac stress testing include all of the following except:  

36. Assess the rhythm strip attached here and select the correct interpretation.  

32. Which of the following patient conditions is most appropriate to evaluate with an exercise stress test? 

18. The patient presents with warm, erythematous, edematous, and painful unilateral nail fold. You recognize that 

3. Select the lesions appropriate for a shave biopsy.  (select all the apply)

Which of the following is NOT commonly stocked in an emergency medical box?