The nurse provides care for a patient after a total abdominal hysterectomy. The patient’s vital signs are: apical P 102 beats/minute and thready, R 28 breaths/minute, and supine BP 88/50 mmHg. The client is weak and restless with skin that is pale, moist, and cool to the touch. Which action is most appropriate for the nurse to take?

Going home with a strict and prolonged drug treatment for a new diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB), the patient discharging appreciates written pamphlets explaining the two drugs they’ll take during the second stage of their drug treatment lasting 4 months. Which two drugs are prescribed to treat an active TB infection? 

Which conditions listed below may manifest with adventitious lung sounds (i.e. course or fine crackles, pleural rub, etc.)?  

In addition to smoking cessation, what treatment is included to slow the progression of COPD? 

What mass of water (in g) requires 2554 J of heat to raise the temperature from 20.8C to 32.6C?. The specific heat capacity of water is 4.18 J/gC.

Calculate the molarity of a solution prepared by dissolving 6.01 g of NaI in enough water to prepare 312 mL of solution.

What is the oxidation number of Fe in FeS2.

Nitric acid (HNO3) is classified as a strong acid. What does this mean?

What is the pressure (in atm) inside a 10. L container that contains 6.0 g of oxygen gas (O2) at 2C?

When a solution of KCl(aq) is mixed with a solution of AgNO3(aq) what precipitate would form?