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Which reticulocyte value best corresponds with with Fanconi anemia?

The nurse practitioner is treating an infant with lacrimal duct obstruction who has developed bacterial conjunctivitis. After 2 weeks of treatment with topical antibiotics along with massage and frequent cleansing of secretions, the infant’s symptoms have not improved. Which action is correct?  

What is the clinical utility of erythropoietin (EPO) testing?

Identify the role of intrinsic factor:

The nurse practitioner is conducting a follow-up examination on a child who has recently begun taking a low-dose stimulant medication to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The child’s school performance and home behaviors have improved. The child’s parent reports noticing a few tics, such a twitching of the eyelids, but the child is unaware of them and isn’t bothered by them. What will the nurse practitioner recommend?  

What will the nurse practitioner teach the parents of a child who has new pressure-equalizing tubes (PET) in both ears?  

Which of these is not a demographic trend that Dr. Hunt described occurring in the United States currently?

The nurse practitioner performs a vision screen on a 6-month-old infant and notes the presence of convergence and accommodation with mild esotropia of the left eye. What will the nurse practitioner do?

A patient who is status post right hemispheric stroke presents to physical therapy for gait training. During your observational gait analysis, you note that the patient’s knee is in hyperextension from loading response through terminal stance phase of gait. Which of the following body structure and function impairments is MOST likely contributing to this gait dysfunction?  

ALL BUT WHICH of the following spatial-temporal gait characteristics are common after stroke?