The nurse is caring for a patient who is scheduled for a lobectomy for a diagnosis of lung cancer. While assisting with a subclavian vein central line insertion, the nurse notes the client's oxygen saturation rapidly dropping. The patient complains of shortness of breath and becomes tachypneic.
ÏÎ¹Î»Î¿ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¯Î±, ÏÎ¹Î»Î¿ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¯Î±Ï, á¼¡ (from ÏÎ¹Î»ÏÏÎ¿ÏÎ¿Ï), properly, love (and pursuit) of wisdom; used in the Greek writings of either zeal for or skill in any art or science, any branch of knowledge, see Passow, under the word (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word).
Personification of wisdom (in Greek, ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¯Î± or Sophia) at the Celsus Library in Ephesus, Turkey. Sophia (ÏÎ¿ÏÎ¯Î±, Greek for wisdom) is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism, orthodox Christianity, Esoteric Christianity, and Christian mysticism. Sophiology is a philosophical concept regarding wisdom, as well as a theological concept regarding the wisdom of the biblical God. Sophia is honored as a goddess of wisdom by Gnostics, as well as by some Neopagan, New Age, and Goddess spirituality groups.