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The doctor has ordered either heat or cold treatments for the older adult patient with a leg injury. The nursing care plan reflects secondary diagnoses of peripheral vascular disease (PVD), diabetes, and allergy to latex. Which of the ordered treatments would the nurse administer, and why?

All of the following are true about Shigella spp. except:

A nurse is preparing to give an infusion of acetaminophen (Ofirmev – this infusion typically is given over a 15 minute time period). The pharmacy delivers a bag containing 50 mL of normal saline and the Ofirmev. At what rate does the nurse set the IV pump to deliver this dose? (Record your answer using a whole number.) ____ mL/hr

A student nurse learns that there are possible  physical consequences to unrelieved pain. Which of the follwoing are possible consequences? (Select all that apply.)

These are all positive for H2S, EXCEPT?

A nurse is providing a community education on early detection of cancer using the “CAUTION “ acronym.  Which statemnt by a participant indicates a correct understanding of apossible early warning sign of cancer?

The story of ‘Typhoid Mary’ shows how food handlers could be asymptomatic carriers of which bacteria?

This NLF gram-negative bacilli  was inoculated to a TSI tube and gave the following reactions: alkaline slant/acid butt, H2S positive, Gas positive This organism is most likely:

This stool culture shows growth of a Non-lactose fermenter on MAC. The gram stain shows short, plump gram-negative rods with bipolar staining resembling ‘safety pins’.  Which organism is this Most likely?

A medical technologist is working on a stool culture from a patient with severe, bloody diarrhea.  She wants to set up biochemicals to differentiate Shigella and E.coli.  Which of the following tests would be the most appropriate?