The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with a Subarachnoid

question 40

Multiple Choice

The nurse is caring for a patient with a subarachnoid hemorrhage who is intubated and placed on a mechanical ventilator with 10 cm H₂O of peak end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) . When monitoring the patient,the nurse will need to notify the health care provider immediately if the patient develops

• A)O2 saturation of 93%.
• B)green nasogastric tube drainage.
• C)respirations of 20 breaths/minute.
• D)increased jugular venous distention.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the population parameter of interest with a specified probability.

Population Mean

The average value of all members of a population.

Standard Deviation

A numerical value calculating how much the dataset deviates from its average, illustrating the breadth of data distribution.

Confidence Interval

A range of values derived from sample data that is likely to contain the true value of an unknown population parameter.