A patient comes in for a physical examination in late July and states that she was "freezing to death" while waiting for her examination. The nurse notes that her skin is pale and cool. What should the nurse understand is the likely cause?

A) Venous pooling
B) Peripheral vasodilation
C) Peripheral vasoconstriction
D) Decreased arterial perfusion

A man has been admitted to the hospital unit with a medical diagnosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) .He is receiving supplemental oxygen at 2 L/min via nasal cannula.Which positioning technique will best assist him with his breathing?

A) Fowler's position
B) Sims' position
C) Lateral recumbent position
D) Lateral position

Write out 10³ to illustrate the calculation and show the result.Which number is the base? Which number is the exponent?

A state of altered consciousness,usually artificially induced,is ________.

A student nurse is caring for a young adult patient who is immobile with a back injury.On auscultation,the student nurse hears rhonchi in the lower lobes.The student nurse reports this symptom because the patient is developing which complication?

A) Increased lung expansion
B) Hypostatic pneumonia
C) Aspiration pneumonia
D) Increased diuresis

Write the correct abbreviation for hemoglobin:

The abbreviation for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is ________.