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Your liver failure patient has hit the call button reporting that he just had a large bloody emesis. The nurse has called you to come see the patient and want to give her some stat orders while you walk over to the room to assess the patient. What orders would you like to start off with (assuming none have been obtained). Please select all that are correct. 

A statistic is a measure that describes a sample, while a parameter is a measure that describes a population.

Frequency tables may be converted into histograms.

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n-1 in the denominator of the standard deviation equation makes it a more conservative measure of variability.

Patients would need prophylaxis for prevention of endocarditis with which of the following conditions:

A school-age child has frequent nosebleeds. Nasal visualization reveals fresh clots and excoriated nasal mucosa and the nose begins to bleed during the office visit.  What can the FNP recommend as the next course of action?

The nurse practitioner is examining a 2-year-old child and auscultates a wide fixed split S. The child is thin and small and has a history of frequent URIs. What condition may this finding represent?

An 8 yo child who has been diagnosed with asthma for several years has been using a short-acting B2-agonist (SABA) to control symptoms. The nurse practitioner learns that the child has recently begun using the SABA two or three times each week to treat wheezing and shortness of breath. The child currently has clear breath sounds and an FEV1 of 75% of personal best. What will the nurse practitioner do next?