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The Nurse Is Assessing a Confused Client Who Was Admitted

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The nurse is assessing a confused client who was admitted to the emergency department with decreased urinary output and cyanotic fingers. The nurse finds decreased blood pressure, increased heart rate, increased respiratory rate, and hypothermia. The laboratory report shows respiratory acidosis. What does the nurse interpret from the findings?


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Language Acquisition Device (LAD)

A hypothetical module in the human brain posited by Noam Chomsky to underlie the innate ability to acquire language.

Noam Chomsky

An influential linguist and political activist, known for his theories on generative grammar and for critiquing media and foreign policy.

Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis

The theory that the structure of a language affects its speakers' worldview or cognition.

Grammatical Rules

The set of structural guidelines governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language.

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