The nurse is performing an assessment on the patient with long, thin limbs and fingers who presents for a yearly check-up in no acute distress. The patient is extremely thin and has pectus excavatum. For which assessment finding is the nurse most vigilant in this patient?

The patient with a central venous catheter develops substernal chest pain, hypotension, and cough. There is evidence of air in the line. Which action does the nurse take first​?

A client admitted with status asthmaticus requires endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. Which intervention decreases the client’s risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia?