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The parent of a 5 year old has brought their child in to get an immunization that did not happen at their visit last month because the clinic was out of stock. Besides that one immunization, the patient has been up to date on her immunizations. The parent remembers the patient received DTap, IPV, COIVD, Flu and MMR but can not remember the other immunization that she were supposed to get. Based on the recommended immunization schedule for a 4-6 year old you suspect the needed immunization is: 

You know the parent of a patient needs additional education for caring for their child who has been diagnosed with helminths when the parent says: 

A parent wants to know why their child needs the Mumps vaccine. Per the parent, Mumps is uncommon in their area and from what he has heard resolves on it’s own without medication. As the nurse you educate the parent on the following known complications of mumps:

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We are running a phenobarbital level on Mary Garcia. She has a history of seizures and arrives unconscious at the ED. The instrument reported a result of >135 mg/dL.  A dilution should be performed in order to get a result that is within the reportable range.  What dilution will you perform?

A 6 year old child has just been diagnosed with fifths disease in the clinic. The patient presented afebrile, with mild symptoms of runny nose, and headache, as well as a rash bilaterally on cheeks. The parent asks you when it is okay for the child to return to school. The best response would be:

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Match the Procedure Title with content.

Solve the equation. If there is no solution, input NS. t =

Evaluate the radical expression.

A QC result has a Westgard rule flag of 10x.  This means that while 10 consecutive runs are within 2 SD, those 10 consecutive runs have fallen on one side of the mean.  What should happen next?