Four Hours After Mechanical Ventilation Is Initiated for a Patient

question 41

Multiple Choice

Four hours after mechanical ventilation is initiated for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ,the patient's arterial blood gas (ABG) results include a pH of 7.51,PaO₂ of 82 mm Hg,PaCO₂ of 26 mm Hg,and HCO₃^- of 23 mEq/L (23 mmol/L) .The nurse will anticipate the need to

• A) increase the FIO₂.
• B) increase the tidal volume.
• C) increase the respiratory rate.
• D) decrease the respiratory rate.

Understand the principles of probability distributions.

Apply probability functions to calculate expected values and variances.

Recognize the characteristics of different probability distributions (e.g., binomial, Poisson, hypergeometric).

Calculate probabilities in binomial experiments.

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