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Kikoku · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse is caring for a patient with chronic obstructive lung disease who is having difficulty breathing. The nurse should provide this patient with routine supplemental oxygen at

1. 2 to 3 L/min.
2. 3 to 4 L/min.
3. 4 to 5 L/min.
4. 5 to 6 L/min.

Question 2

An instructor explains that when fresh oxygen enters the bloodstream, it is carried by the hemoglobin on the red blood cells through the arteries and arterioles to the capillaries.

A student recognizes that this process that occurs between the bloodstream and the body cells is called
1. Internal respiration.
2. Diffusion.
3. External respiration.
4. Expiration.