A PTA is treating a patient who sustained a C5 SCI 5 days ago.  The patient has remained bedridden in ICU due to pulmonary complications.  Upon entering the patient’s room, the patient is positioning sidelying on  their right side.  The PT treatment consists of PROM.  While performing PROM to the patient’s LE’s, the PTA notes an area of redness in the patient’s posterior calf region of one of their LE’s.  Upon palpation, the area feels slightly edematous and warm to touch.  Which of the following is the MOST LIKELY cause for these findings?

Which of the following BEST describes the term diaphoresis?

How much heat is necessary to change 30 g of ice at –10°C into water at 10°C?

How much heat is necessary to change 30 g of water at 50°C into steam at 100°C?

The impossibility of reaching a temperature of absolute zero is incorporated in

A heat engine

When may the graduates from approved schools of nursing change their credentials for charting as registered nurses (RNs)?

A nurse realizes that much time is wasted during shift report when coworkers discuss personal items such as recent movies or department store sales. Which statement would help with time management during this critical interaction?

47.  The nurse cares for a client 36 hours post presentation to the emergency room with a long bone exposed through an open wound.  Which assessment finding would be of greatest concern?  Select all that Apply

10. A mother whose 7-year-old child has been placed in a cast for a fractured right arm reports that the child will not stop crying even after taking acetaminophen with codeine. The child also will not straighten the fingers on the right arm. What advice by the nurse is best?