Mannitol salt agar contains 7.5% salt which selects against salt intolerant bacteria. Mannitol is an alcohol that may be fermented by certain bacteria. A Gram positive coccus is able to grow on mannitol salt agar and ferments mannitol, this bacteria is probablya. Micrococcus luteus

A patient with metabolic alkalosis has an SPO2 of 95%  in room air and a shift to the left of the oxygen hemoglobin dissociation curve. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?

A staff nurse has a TB skin test of 8-mm induration. A chest radiograph is negative, and the nurse has no symptoms of TB. The occupational health nurse will plan on teaching the staff nurse about the

To teach the patient with COPD pursed lip breathing, the nurse instructs the patient to

A patient with an acute exacerbation of COPD has the following ABG analysis: pH 7.36, PaO2 58 mm Hg, PaCO2 55 mm Hg, HCO3 of 30 mm Hg and SaO2 95%. The nurse recognizes these values as evidence of

The nurse can best determine the most accurate value for a patient’s oxygenation status by monitoring which level?

A patient with a chronic cough and blood-tinged sputum undergoes a bronchoscopy. Following the bronchoscopy, the nurse should

Mannitol salt agar contains 7.5% salt which selects against salt intolerant bacteria. Mannitol is an alcohol that may be fermented by certain bacteria. A Gram positive coccus is able to grow on mannitol salt agar and ferments mannitol, this bacteria is probablya. Micrococcus luteus

Which of the following processes generates the greatest amount of energy?

Mannitol salt agar contains 7.5% salt which selects against salt intolerant bacteria. Mannitol is an alcohol that may be fermented by certain bacteria. A Gram positive coccus is able to grow on mannitol salt agar and ferments mannitol, this bacteria is probablya. Micrococcus luteus