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mp14

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When an older adult patient with chronic emphysema comes to the emergency department in respiratory distress, the nurse should begin O2 per nasal cannula at:
 
  a. 2 L/min.
  b. 2.5 L/min.
  c. 3 L/min.
  d. 4 L/min.

Question 2

The older adult female patient is concerned about incontinence when she sneezes. The nurse explains that this type of incontinence is called:
 
  a. urge incontinence.
  b. stress incontinence.
  c. overflow incontinence.
  d. functional incontinence.


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zhanghao

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
Administering O2 at more than 2 liters per minute to a person with chronic pulmonary disease may cause respiratory failure.

Answer to Question 2

B
Stress incontinence results from sneezing, which causes increased abdominal pressure.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Gracias!

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:D TYSM

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