The nurse is preparing a patient to determine ankle-brachial index (abi). the nurse finds that the patient has smoked 5 minutes before coming for the test. what is the most important nursing intervention in this situation?

Which of the following events will occur when you stab yourself with a dirty nail? (select all that apply.) a. attraction of neutrophils to the wound. b. local secretion of cytokines. c. activation of the complement pathway. d. vasoconstriction of local capillaries to confine the bacteria.

According to positive psychologists, an individual’s subjective well-being consists of one’s and a. overall level of happiness . . life satisfaction b. goal accomplishments . . money earned c. idea of self-importance . . social acceptance d. level of self-esteem . . pride sorry am i just not getting it or is this worded confusingly xd

A35-year-old woman comes to the ed complaining of chest pressure. she has had such episodes intermittently over the last 5 years, usually when sleeping, but over the last year she has had more frequent severe symptoms that are occasionally associated with severe migraine headaches. the pain is midsternal and is described as pressure that extends as a band around her chest. the ed physician is initially dubious that the pain is cardiac in origin, because the woman has no coronary disease risk factors. an ecg, however, shows 2mm st-segment elevation and inverted t waves in leads v1 through v5 and 1mm st-segment depression in leads ii, iii, and avf. before the cardiologist arrives in the ed, the patient's ecg has returned to normal. this repeat normal ecg is obtained after the administration of aspirin, nitroglycerin, morphine, and oxygen. which of the following is most likely for these findings? - diffuse intimal thickening with focal areas of atherosclerotic narrowing - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the left anterior descending artery - intermittent thrombus formation and lysis in the right coronary artery - plaque rupture and thrombus formation in the left anterior descending artery - transiently increased coronary vascular tone in the right coronary artery