A patient has been transferred to your unit from the respiratory intensive care unit, where he has been for the past 2 weeks recovering from pneumonia. He is receiving oxygen via 4 L nasal cannula. His respiratory rate is 26 breaths/min, and his oxygen saturation is 92%. In planning his care, which information is most helpful in determining your priority nursing interventions? {Ans: Baseline vital signs}A nurse is caring for a group of patients. Which patient should the nurse see first? {Ans: A calm adolescent with pulse of 95 and respiration of 26}When a nurse is performing surgical hand asepsis, the nurse must keep hands: {Ans: Above elbows.}During a patient's routine annual physical, she tells you that she has noted that her heart feels like it's "racing," usually in the later morning, early afternoon, or just before she goes to bed. Her radial pulse rate is 68 beats/min and regular; her blood pressure is 134/82 mm Hg. What additional information is helpful in evaluating the patient's racing heart? {Ans: Dietary habits and medication list}Which of the following indicates that additional assistance is needed to transfer the patient from the bed to the stretcher? {Ans: The