What statement best indicates patient understanding of postural drainage?
- A. ‘I should try to hold the proper position for 20 minutes.’
- B. ‘I should continue postural drainage even when my cough is nonproductive.’
- C. ‘The positions for postural drainage always remain the same.’
- D. ‘Postural drainage uses gravity to move the secretions.’
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
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What controls the cyclic changes between waking and sleep?
- A. Fluctuating levels of melatonin
- B. The environmental light-dark cycles
- C. Key nuclei in the brainstem, hypothalamus, and thalamus
- D. A variety of neuropeptides released from the nervous system
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Bob presents with emphysema. He has difficulty breathing and has a barrel chest. He asks why increasing oxygen therapy does not relieve his difficulty breathing. You respond by saying
- A. You must lie on your right side for oxygen therapy to work properly.
- B. Your barrel chest has decreased, causing your lungs to overly expand.
- C. You must take deeper breaths when receiving oxygen therapy.
- D. Your difficulty in breathing is due to air trapped in your lungs, reducing the lungs' ability to exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Increasing oxygen does not resolve the trapped air.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Which word(s) in the question identify(ies) the C part of the PICOT format?
- A. Restraint
- B. Or medication
- C. During a seizure
- D. Adult seizure patients
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
A father asks you how to prevent another asthmatic attack in his son. You respond by
- A. Saying asthmatic attacks cannot be prevented.
- B. Asking his son's physician to change his medication.
- C. Instructing him to move his family immediately to a dry climate.
- D. Helping him identify triggers that cause asthmatic attacks and showing him how to avoid them.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
In which clients is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) usually contraindicated?
- A. Clients with cardiac or neurovascular diseases
- B. Clients who have not responded to drug therapy
- C. Clients who are intolerant of the side effects of antidepressant medications
- D. Clients who are extremely suicidal
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.