Which Information Obtained by the Nurse When Assessing a Patient

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which information obtained by the nurse when assessing a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who is being treated with mechanical ventilation and high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) indicates a complication of ventilator therapy is occurring?

• A) The patient has subcutaneous emphysema.
• B) The patient has a sinus bradycardia, rate 52.
• C) The patient's PaO₂ is 50 mm Hg and the SaO₂ is 88%.
• D) The patient has bronchial breath sounds in both the lung fields.

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Definitions:

Weiner

Refers to Bernard Weiner, an American psychologist known for his attribution theory in social psychology.

Expended Effort

The amount of energy, time, or resources utilized to achieve a result or complete a task.

Self-serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute our successes to internal factors while attributing failures to external ones.

Attribution Style

A concept in psychology that refers to how individuals explain the causes of behavior and events, often categorized into internal (dispositional) or external (situational) attributions.