A Patient Is Having Difficulty Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation

question 22

Multiple Choice

A patient is having difficulty weaning from mechanical ventilation.The nurse assesses the patient for which potential cause of this difficult weaning?

• A) Cardiac output of 6 L/min.
• B) Hemoglobin of 8 g/dL.
• C) Negative sputum culture and sensitivity.
• D) White blood cell count of 8000.

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Definitions:

Demands Of Work

The requirements, pressures, and obligations that are part of a job and impact an employee's performance and well-being.

Reward Allocation Norms

Standards or rules governing how rewards are distributed within a group or organization.

Equity Norms

Norms aimed at ensuring fairness and equality in the distribution of resources and rewards within social and organizational settings.

Parallel Processing

The ability of the brain to simultaneously process incoming stimuli of differing quality, crucial in tasks like visual recognition.