A patient is critically ill and hypotensive on the ventilator with very high pressures being provided by the positive pressure ventilator.  Which statement is not true regarding blood flow zones? 

A patient with asthma presents to their primary care provider with complaint of productive cough.  The patient is able to provide a sputum sample while at the office and it is processed under the microscope.  Because this patient has extrinsic asthma, what would the RT expect to find in their sputum?

The primary prevention goals for older adults include

In assessing an infant’s Moro reflex, the pediatric nurse practitioner notices that the reflex is abnormal to completely absent.  This could indicate

What parameter is the most relevant in assessing the potential for pressure-induced alveolar injury during positive pressure mechanical ventilation?

By one (1) year of age, an infant’s weight 

CO2 is not an acid, yet we consider it one…why do we do this?

The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) illness was considered a/an

When completing a well child screening, the nurse practitioner observes the child jumping without difficulty.  This is an example of

Nurse practitioners should encourage adults to stay up to date on vaccinations.  Which of the following are recommended vaccines for adults?