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Suppose you roll two tetrahedra at the same time, each with faces marked 1-4.  Find each probability.  (You may want to make a table of a sample space). a) P(sum of 4 and at least one 2) b) P(sum of 9) c) P(sum of 4 or exactly one 4)  

The nurse is caring for a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). What is the nurse’s primary focus of care?

What diet order would the nurse planning the care of a client admitted with severe pancreatitis anticipate?

We have learned about so many types of relationships with shapes (transformations, congruence, similarity, etc.)  Explain how each shape is related to shape B.    

Find the measure of each angle.  Make sure to briefly explain/show how you found each.    a = [a] degrees e = [e] degrees g = [g] degrees h = [h] degrees k = [k] degrees l = [l] degrees n = [n] degrees

A patient with a spinal cord injury at C5-C6 reports a sudden severe headache. The patient is flushed. Vital signs include a blood pressure of 190/100 mm Hb and heart rate of 52 beats/min. What is the priority nursing intervention?

The nurse is aware that a patient with a spinal cord injury is developing autonomic dysreflexia when the patient has:

Which of the following is a common clinical manifestation of juvenile hypothyroidism?

Palliative care and hospice are two different entities with varying goals of care. The RN knows palliative care’s focus is? 

Your patient rings his call bell and reports that he had sudden onset of severe pain, numbness and coldness in his right leg from the knee down. The symptoms started about 1 hours ago but he did not want to bother you. However, the pain has not resolved. Your patient has a history of smoking and Type II diabetes. For the past few months he has gotten intermittent cramps to his right leg (intermittent claudication). He is currently in the hospital for treatment of pneumonia and dehydration. When you examine the patient, his right leg below the knee is cold, pale and pulseless. Capillary refill on the right leg is 10 seconds and to the left 2 seconds. The right popliteal pulse is palpable but not the dorsalis pedis or posterior tibialis. The patient’s vital signs are BP 136/88, P 96, R 18, T 98.2 (oral). Current medications include Avelox, ASA and Lovastatin. The patient has no allergies. When you call the Doctor, he reports his cell phone battery is almost dead. If you only get one sentence to let the Doctor know what is happening, what would you say: