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Boise State football used to be known for its trick plays (i.e., immortalized in the Fiesta Bowl against OU, considered by some as the GOAT of college games). The score is tied, and it’s 4th down. BSU runs a trick play in this critical moment of the game. Let’s say the trick play doesn’t work, someone might say, “Mother f*&!er I knew that wouldn’t work! What a dumb call! They just cost us the game! Why would you run a trick play there?!”  Let’s say the trick play does work, that same person might have said, “ I knew that would work! Brilliant… absolutely brilliant. I would have made the same call!” This is an example of __________ which refers to people’s tendencies to __________. Hint: In class, I used the example of me betting on sports.

Edna Mode (costume/suit designer from The Incredibles), the neuron, is taking a short break in order to be able to fire again. This short break is called what?

During class, we talked about the now-famous (infamous may be more appropriate) infant monkey attachment study. In this study, Dr. Harry and Margaret Harlow raised baby monkeys by themselves, separating them from their mother immediately after birth. Their study changed seeing an opportunity they didn’t expect after noticing the baby monkeys became extremely attached to the blankets in their pens in the absence of a mother. So, the Harlow’s created two artificial mothers – one with a bare wire cylinder with a wooden head attached to a feeding bottle of milk called “wire mother”, the other had no feeding bottle but was wrapped in cloth called “cloth mother”. What did they find when releasing the infant monkeys in front of the two artificial mothers?

During the crime of oral copulation:

What helps to determine the degree of murder?

The key difference between involuntary manslaughter and negligent manslaughter is:

A client in hypertensive emergency has received sodium nitroprusside at 4 mcg/kg/min for 4 days. Urine output is 25 mL/hr, and serum creatinine is 1.9 mg/dL. Which actions should the nurse take? Select all that apply.

A client receives an IV unfractionated heparin infusion for a deep vein thrombosis. Day Platelets (/µL) Assessment 1 262,000 Right calf swelling (known DVT) 5 210,000 Right calf improving 8 118,000 New left calf swelling; ultrasound shows a new DVT Which action does the nurse anticipate?

An 82-year-old client with heart failure who takes furosemide 40 mg daily receives 2 units of packed RBCs over 2 hours. Finding Before 1 hour 2 hours BP (mm Hg) 128/76 152/88 178/96 HR (/min) 84 98 112 RR (/min) 18 24 30 SpO2 96% 93% 89% Temperature 98.6°F 98.6°F 98.7°F Other — Crackles at bases Distended neck veins; chest x-ray shows pulmonary congestion Which interpretation and action are most appropriate?

A client with pulmonary arterial hypertension had a left subclavian central line placed at 0745 to start an epoprostenol infusion. Assessment 0800 0815 0830 HR (/min) 88 112 134 BP (mm Hg) 128/76 112/70 84/56 RR (/min) 18 26 36 SpO2 96% 91% 84% Left breath sounds Clear Diminished Absent Trachea Midline Midline Shifted to the right Neck veins Flat Flat Distended Which action does the nurse anticipate?