A Patient Is Being Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

question 5

Multiple Choice

A patient is being admitted to the intensive care unit after being resuscitated in the emergency department.The patient is being mechanically ventilated.Which information provided by the transferring nurse would the nurse evaluate as increasing this patient's risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) ? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.

• A)"The patient is intubated nasally."
• B)"The patient arrested after having a myocardial infarction."
• C)"The patient required placement of a nasogastric tube to relieve persistent gastric distention."
• D)"The patient's home medications include a proton pump inhibitor."
• E)"The patient has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)."

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Definitions:

Corpus Callosum

In mammals, a large bundle of nerve fibers interconnecting the two cerebral hemispheres.

Hemispheres

Refers to the two halves of the Earth, divided by the equator into northern and southern, or by the prime meridian into eastern and western.

Central Sulcus

A prominent landmark on the surface of the human brain separating the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe, involved in processing sensory and motor information.

Pyramidal Neuron

A type of excitatory neuron found in certain areas of the brain, such as the cerebral cortex, with a distinctive pyramid-shaped cell body.