The phlebotomist should always match the patient's name with a unique ________.

The nurse is caring for a client with pneumonia. As part of prescribed therapy, the client must use a bedside incentive spirometer to promote maximal deep breathing. The nurse checks to make sure the client is using the spirometer properly. During each waking hour, the client should perform a minimum of how many sustained, voluntary inflation maneuvers?

a) One to two b) Three to four c) Five to seven d) Eight to ten

Which of the following indicates an increase in airway resistance in a patient receiving mechani-cal ventilation with a constant tidal volume?

a. Increased peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) and transairway pressure (PTA) b. Increased static compliance c. Increased plateau pressure (Pplateau) and stable PIP d. Decreased dynamic compliance