A Patient Being Ventilated Mechanically Develops Respiratory Alkalosis

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient being ventilated mechanically develops respiratory alkalosis. The high-pressure alarm has sounded frequently for this patient. The nurse knows this is a common problem in patients with which ventilator settings?

• A) Assist-control mode
• B) SIMV mode with the set rate too low
• C) Pressure-support mode
• D) Pressure-control mode

---

Definitions:

Schizophrenia

A chronic and severe mental disorder characterized by distortions in thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.

Catatonic Stupor

A state of unresponsiveness to the environment in which a person remains motionless and silent for long periods, often associated with schizophrenia or other psychiatric disorders.

Drapetomania

A discredited 19th-century hypothesis that purported to diagnose a mental illness causing enslaved Africans to flee captivity.

Psychologists

Professionals who study cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior by observing, interpreting, and recording how individuals relate to one another and to their environments.