When Administering Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) to a Patient

question 94

Multiple Choice

When administering continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to a patient in respiratory distress, what statement made by the patient would be most concerning?

• A) "The mask is too tight."
• B) "I feel nauseated."
• C) "My mouth is getting dry."
• D) "My nose hurts from the mask."

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Definitions:

Past Memories

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Spreading Activation Model

A theory in cognitive science that explains how information is retrieved in the brain, suggesting that thoughts spread across the brain's network of neurons based on their associations.

Procedural Memory

A type of implicit memory that involves motor skills and behavioral habits.

Retrograde Amnesia

A loss of memory-access to events that occurred, or information that was learned, before an incidence of amnesia.