Which Patient Assessment Indicates the Most Severe Respiratory Distress

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which patient assessment indicates the most severe respiratory distress?

• A) Nasal flaring, symmetrical chest wall expansion, SaO2 88%
• B) Abdominal breathing, SaO2 97%
• C) Substernal retraction, SaO2 84%
• D) Substernal retraction, SaO2 90%

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Definitions:

Structuralism

One of the earliest schools of cognitive psychology. It focused on the search for the simplest possible mental elements and the laws governing the ways they could be combined.

Laboratory Experimentation

A methodological approach within scientific research where variables are controlled and manipulated to determine their effects on outcomes of interest in a lab setting.

Conscious Thought

The state of being aware of one's thoughts, feelings, and sensations; it involves processes that are within an individual's direct awareness.

Wundt

Refers to Wilhelm Wundt, a German physician and psychologist who is considered one of the founders of modern psychology.