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A husband and wife were charged with stealing credit cards and charging expensive items on the misappropriated cards. An attorney was appointed by the court to represent the couple jointly. At the preliminary hearing, the judge found that the attorney would have no conflict representing both defendants in the joint trial. Halfway through the trial, however, a conflict arose between the defenses of the husband and wife. At the wife’s request, the attorney moved that another attorney be appointed to represent the wife and that a mistrial be declared. The trial judge moved favorably on the attorney’s motion.  Another attorney was appointed to represent the wife, and as soon as the wife’s trial began, her attorney moved to dismiss the case on the ground that jeopardy had attached during the wife’s first trial and that she was being retried in violation of the United States Constitution. Should the judge grant the wife’s attorney’s motion?

A man and a woman purchased a parcel of land, taking title as joint tenants. Two years later, they married and had a son. Several years after that, the man and woman divorced. After the divorce, the woman and her son continued to occupy the land, although title remained in the names of both the man and the woman. The man moved out of the state and conveyed all of his title and interest in the land by deed to the son. Shortly thereafter, the man was killed in an automobile collision. The man died intestate.  Who has title to the land?

A borrower owed a lender $1,000. The debtor had promised to pay the lender back in one week, but three months passed and no money was forthcoming. The debtor always managed to avoid the lender’s calls, so the lender drove to the debtor’s house one night, intending to demand repayment in person. The lender rang the debtor’s doorbell, knocked on his door, and screamed for the debtor to come out, but no one responded. The lender then tried the doorknob on the closed front door. To her surprise the door was unlocked, and she entered the debtor’s house. After yelling several times for the debtor, the lender concluded that the debtor was not at home. Convinced that the debtor had run out the back door to avoid her, the lender went to the debtor’s living room, grabbed an overstuffed chair, and carried it to the debtor’s front lawn. The lender then doused the chair with lighter fluid and set it afire. Alarmed at the flaming chair, one of the debtor’s neighbors called the police. The police found the lender still standing on the lawn next to the smoldering chair.  Assuming that the jurisdiction has not statutorily amended the common law elements of the crimes below, with which of the following may the lender be properly charged?

The defendant was on trial for driving while intoxicated and injuring a pedestrian. The pedestrian claimed that the defendant was driving the car; however, the defendant’s spouse testified at trial that she had been driving the car at the time of the accident and had not consumed any alcohol that evening. In response, the prosecution calls a friend of the defendant’s spouse to testify that the spouse told the friend that she and the defendant had changed seats in the car after the incident and that she remained in the driver’s seat until the police arrived.  Is the testimony admissible?

The statutes of a state define the following crimes (with the most serious listed first):  First degree murder—Premeditated or intentional killing. Felony murder—Killing while in the act of committing a common law felony. Second degree murder—Killing with reckless disregard for the safety of others. Manslaughter—Killing with adequate provocation or through criminal negligence. A competitive camp counselor who was determined to have her team win a relay race decided to put a colorless and odorless drug into the other teams’ water bottles. The counselor wanted the other teams to become sick to their stomachs so that they could not run as fast in the race. The counselor knew that people could become very ill, or even die, if they consumed too large a quantity of the drug but she only intended to place a small amount in each water bottle. The day before the race, the counselor went into the nurse’s office and took a bottle of the drug. The next day she woke up early and went to the cafeteria to put small quantities of the drug into the other teams’ water bottles. She unintentionally put a large amount in a few of the water bottles. Several campers became extremely ill and one eventually died. What is the most serious crime for which the counselor may be convicted?

Congress authorized an oil sand refining plant to be built on federal park land within a state. The refinery was built in compliance with federal pollution regulations. However, the plant did not comply with the more restrictive standards the state enacted to better protect state citizens from pollution associated with refineries. Therefore, a state inspector refused to give the plant’s manager a permit to run the refinery. The refinery manager, a federal employee, nevertheless began to run the refinery and was fined by the state.  Which of the following is the manager’s best defense against imposition of the fine?

A 52-year-old client is admitted with severe epigastric pain, hematemesis, and melena. The client reports a history of chronic NSAID use for osteoarthritis. The nurse suspects a bleeding peptic ulcer. Which nursing action should the nurse take first?

Charlie is a 29 year old Asian male who has been receiving aggressive chemotherapy for the past 2 months for a type of leukemia. He has lost 16 lbs. due to persistent nausea and vomiting despite the judicious use of anti-nausea/vomiting medications during this time. Charlie is admitted to the medical floor due to dehydration. His physician has decided to start parenteral nutrition via his implanted catheter in order to get Charlie through his next 2 rounds of chemotherapy because his prognosis for a cure is excellent. A consult for nutrition support has been ordered. MIV @ 120 mL/hr w/20 mEq Kcl. Complete a nutrition assessment.    Ht: 5’11”          Current weight:  159 lbs.              Weight 3 months ago: 175 lbs. Nutrition-focused physical exam: temporal wasting, ribs apparent, prominent bony shoulders, clavicles, and knees. No sign of edema. Current labs: Sodium: 138 (135-145)     Potassium: 4.5 (3.5-5.5)             Chloride: 104 (99-112) Bicarb: 24 (22-29)             Glucose: 96 (65-99)                    BUN: 9 (8-24)                Creatinine: 0.8 (0.6-1.1)   WBC: 5 (4-11)                   Phosphate: 2.6 (2.5-4.5)             Mg: 1.6 (1.5-2.5)           Triglycerides: 195   (

Jess has been on PN for the past 10 days. The following labs were from a blood draw this morning at 6 am. His PN is running at a goal rate of 85 mL/hour and he has a MIV running at 40 mL/hr. He has also been receiving other fluids from IV antibiotics and he received several fluid boluses yesterday due to a low blood pressure.   Current weight: 95 kg              Weight on admit: 87 kg (25 days ago)         I/Os: 4000/2800 (past 24 hrs) Temperature: 38.7° (101.6° F)    Fingersticks: 220 (6 u), 200 (6 u), 195 (4 u), 200 (6 u) Sodium: 135 (135-145)     Potassium: 5.4 (3.5-5.5)     Chloride: 100 (99-112) Bicarb: 26 (22-29)             Glucose: 240 (65-99)          BUN: 15 (8-24)           Creatinine: 0.9 (0.6-1.1)   WBC: 12.9 (4-11)              Phosphate: 4.5 (2.5-4.5)     Mg: 1.9 (1.5-2.5) Which of the following changes would you recommend regarding his PN?

Charlie is a 29 year old Asian male who has been receiving aggressive chemotherapy for the past 2 months for a type of leukemia. He has lost 16 lbs. due to persistent nausea and vomiting despite the judicious use of anti-nausea/vomiting medications during this time. Charlie is admitted to the medical floor due to dehydration. His physician has decided to start parenteral nutrition via his implanted catheter in order to get Charlie through his next 2 rounds of chemotherapy because his prognosis for a cure is excellent. A consult for nutrition support has been ordered. MIV @ 120 mL/hr w/20 mEq KCl.  Ht: 5’11”          Current weight:  159 lbs.              Weight 3 months ago: 175 lbs. Nutrition-focused physical exam: temporal wasting, ribs apparent, prominent bony shoulders, clavicles, and knees. No sign of edema. Current labs: Sodium: 138 (135-145)     Potassium: 4.5 (3.5-5.5)             Chloride: 104 (99-112) Bicarb: 24 (22-29)             Glucose: 96 (65-99)                    BUN: 9 (8-24)                Creatinine: 0.8 (0.6-1.1)   WBC: 5 (4-11)                   Phosphate: 2.6 (2.5-4.5)             Mg: 1.6 (1.5-2.5)       Triglycerides: 195   (