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As a general rule, warrant searches of private residences by statute are executed during daylight hours.  But!  Can a judge authorize a nighttime search?   TRUE = Yes FALSE = No

An officer may make a protective search of an individual if the officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that the suspect “may be armed and presently dangerous.”

When an officer stops a vehicle and inconsistencies between documents and what the driver tells the officer may provide clues to criminal behavior.

Most people believe that when they are in their private vehicle, they have the same privacy protection as when they are in their home.  Is this true or false?

When a person is arrested in a motor vehicle, which one of the following aspects of a search is not allowed?

Because 75% of crimes involve motor vehicles, an officer can logically and legally make a stop for no particular reason, because it is statistically likely the officer will find some person or evidence indicating a crime has transpired.

A 5-year-old child is admitted with diarrhea and vomiting for the past 2 days. Vital signs are temperature 98.8 F; pulse 130 beats/minute; respirations 28 breaths/minute; blood pressure 100/66. The nurse notes capillary refill > 4 seconds, dry mucous membranes, and sunken eyes. Which priority interventions should the nurse perform next in this child’s care? 

Which of the following requires immediate nursing intervention in a 2-year-old child with acute vomiting, diarrhea and dehydration?

“When administering oral medications that are bitter to a toddler, the nurse mixes it with”

Now that you know that mistaken identity can be a problem in the criminal justice system, you can see why police (and other criminal justice folks) work diligently to find evidence-based identification of suspects.  Yet, the 2008 Columbia Law Review found that there were several significant factors in mis-identifying individuals resulting in some innocents being incarcerated (no, don’t think that EVERYONE is innocent – very small percentage, but we don’t want anyone innocent incarcerated).  Which one of the following is not one of the leading factors relating to erroneous identification those studied in the report?