Aclient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presents with respiratory acidosis and hypoxemia. he tells the nurse that he doesn't want to be placed on a ventilator. what action should the nurse take?

If gloves become heavily soiled and additional patient care tasks must be performed on that patient, what should you do? a. no action is necessary as it's the same patient b. change gloves c. double glove d. wash the gloves

17. susie jones is in the office today to see her regular physician for her 5 year well child check. she is getting ready to start school in a month and needs to have her immunizations updated. what modifier will be used with the preventative service code? explain why the modifier is required for reimbursed of both the well child check and the immunizations

A74-year-old woman, who has been followed for the past 25 years for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease comes to the ed complaining of 48 hours of temperature to 38.6 c and worsening shortness of breath. she has a chronic productive cough, which has become more copious. on physical examination, she has rhonchi and increased fremitus in the posterior mid-lung field. a gram's stain reveals many epithelial cells and multiple gram-positive and gram-negative organisms; no neutrophils are seen. which of the following is the most likely organism causing the symptoms? - escherichia coli- haemophilus influenzae- klebsiella pneumoniae- mycobacterium tuberculosis- mycoplasma pneumoniae