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The nurse is explaining the role of the corpus luteum to a group of nursing students. Which of the followng statements is most accurate? 

A patient is 16 weeks pregnant. The nurse is updating the patient’s records and needs to confirm obstetric history. The patient states she had a spontaneous abortion with her last pregnancy at 9 weeks. Prior to that, she had a pregnancy that delivered at 39.2 with a baby boy. She also had a pregnancy that delivered at 35 weeks with a baby girl. She has 2 living children. Using the GTPAL system, what is the patient’s history? 

A client presents to the clinic with complaints of a frothy, yellow-green vaginal discharge and vulvar itching. The nurse suspects the client has trichomoniasis. Which of the following diagnostic tests should the nurse expect the provider to order? 

A 21 year old male comes to the health clinic with a sore throat. He reports that he has not seen any doctor since high school. Which screening would you not expect to be recommended for this patient? 

A pregnant woman in her first trimester comes to the clinic for her routine prenatal visit. She reports having a cat at home and occasionally changing its litter box. The nurse recognizes that this activity places the client at risk for which TORCH infection?

When describing ovarian cancer to a local women’s group, the nurse states that ovarian cancer often is not diagnosed early because: 

The nurse is auscultating a patient for heart murmurs and observes a murmur that is loud with a palpable thrill at the mitral area of the heart. The nurse would grade this murmur as which of the following?

In what form would you find the DNA molecule during G-1

A parent at a pediatrician office asks the nurse what immunization they can expect their 1 month old to receive at their appointment. Using the CDC’s recommended immunizations chart, which of the following immunizations would be appropriate for this age?  

 A 2-kg ball slides on a curved wire, starting from rest at point A.  The segment from A to B is rough (i.e. it has friction!) and the segment from B to C is frictionless.  Find the speed of the ball at B if the ball comes to rest (momentarily) at C.  (select closest answer)