A 32-year-old woman who was admitted with acute shortness of breath and chest pain from a pulmonary embolism has been st

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A 32-year-old woman who was admitted with acute shortness of
breath and chest pain from a pulmonary embolism has been stabilized
and transferred to your unit. Currently a nursing student, she
tells you that she overheard the doctors say that she had a V̇/Q̇
imbalance. She asks you to explain what this means. She also wants
to better understand the differences between the diagnostic tests
that she had during her admission, which included ABGs, chest
x-ray, chest CT, and a V̇/Q̇ scan, and wonders why she did not have
a pulmonary angiogram.
1. She asks you to explain what this means.
2. Describe the major differences between diagnostic tests and
related nursing implications.