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Fill in the blanks from the list of terms below. Use each term only once: SPC_Final_1.png _______________ are notes of explanation that document lines or sections of a program.

Fill in the blanks from the list of terms below. Use each term only once: SPC_Final_1.png A(n) _______________ is a special value that marks the end of a sequence of items.

_____ is the process of inspecting data that has been input to a program to make sure it is valid before it is used in a computation.

What is your MAP goal for a patient with septic shock?

The nurse practitioner is examining a school-age child who has had several hospitalizations for bronchitis and wheezing. The parent reports that the child has several coughing episodes associated with chest tightness each week and gets relief with an albuterol metered-dose inhaler. What will the nurse practitioner include in the self-management plan? 

During a routine well child exam on a 5-year-old child, who is growing appropriately. The nurse practitioner auscultates a grade II/VI, mid to late systolic ejection murmur at the upper left sternal border that transmits to both lung fields. The child has normal growth and development. What will the nurse practitioner suspect?  

A 10-year-old child has a 1-week history of fever of 104°C that is unresponsive to antipyretics. The nurse practitioner examines the child and notes bilateral conjunctival injection and a polymorphous exanthema, with no other symptoms. Lab tests show elevated ESR, CRP, and platelets. Cultures are all negative. What is the most likely diagnosis? 

A 7-year-old child who has a history of a repaired congenital heart defect (CHD) has many dental caries along with gingival erythema and irritation and a temperature of 102.5°F.  The child is noted to have a Janeway lesion on his hand. What will the nurse practitioner do next?

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.