The 3-year-old patient is brought to the clinic after three days of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Which assessment most prompts the nurse to advocate for hospital admission?  

The destruction of type I pneumocytes caused by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is associated with which assessment characteristic?

A nurse is assigned to a 75-year-old patient with head trauma secondary to falling down the stairs at home. The patient is stable initially, complaining of headache and some dizziness, but no focal neurologic signs. That evening, the patient acutely becomes altered and rapidly loses consciousness. Which of the following most likely explains this patient’s condition?