Which potential side effects does the nurse include in the teaching plan for a client undergoing radiation therapy for lung cancer?

A client diagnosed with pneumothorax is placed on 6 liters of oxygen by nasal cannula with an oxygen saturation of 85%.  A chest tube has been placed.  The nurse reassesses the oxygen saturation which has remained at 100% for the last hour.  Which of the following is the most appropriate nursing action?

The nurse checks a client’s pulse oximetry reading and obtains 85%.  The last reading four hours ago was 95%. What is the first action the nurse should take?

A nurse is educating a group of new intensive care unit nurses about Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).  Which statement by a new nurse requires clarification?

A young child is being seen in the clinic by the primary health care provider due to losing weight, foul smelling stools, and repeated respiratory infections that don’t appear to get better.  Which priority diagnostic test does the nurse anticipate to be ordered?

Define the term, “amphitheater”. 

Define the term, “myth”.

These are used as the basis of comparison when two samples of DNA are suspected of being from the same person.

This process uses an electrical current to move DNA through a gel matrix based on size.

This procedure is a technique used to generate large quantities of DNA from minute amounts for analysis.