You Are Assessing a Patient with Altered Mental Status

question 60

Multiple Choice

You are assessing a patient with altered mental status. Which assessment finding contraindicates the use of the nonrebreather face mask?

• A) Confusion
• B) Respiratory rate of 18, with poor tidal volume
• C) Clear and equal breath sounds
• D) Respiratory rate of 24 breaths per minute

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, providing a measure of central tendency that is not skewed by extreme values.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of these numbers by the count of numbers in the set.

Quotient

The result obtained by dividing one quantity by another.

Rounded

The process of adjusting numbers to a specified degree of precision, often to make them simpler or more easily interpreted.