According to Maslow’s hierarch of needs, once physiological needs are met, what is the next level?

Three part problem, etiology, symptom (PES) statements can be “risk for” statements.  True/False

A nurse understands that which of the following legal guidelines must be followed with documenting in a client’s record?

Trending PETCO2 via capnometry enables the clinician to have a good sense of the adequacy of _______ for the patient. 

An aerosol treatment is being administered via a jet nebulizer. After 8 minutes the nebulizer starts “sputtering.” What should the therapist do at this point?

A premature infant is receiving oxygen by nasal cannula at 1.5 L/min.  The following capillary blood gas and pulse oximetry values are obtained:  pH: 7.37  PtCO2: 41 mm Hg  PCO2: 43 mm Hg HCO3: 23 mEq/L  BE: -1 mEq/L  SpO2: 98%  Which of the following should be recommended?  

The physician in the emergency department is attending to a 12-year-old child who has an exacerbation of asthma. The physician asks the therapist to recommend a medication that has a synergistic effect with beta-2 agonists during asthma exacerbations. Which of the following medications should the therapist recommend?

How do the tropical rain forests differ from the temperate deciduous forests?

Initial clinical signs and symptoms of hypoxemia include

What is a feature of r-selected species?