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A patient complains of shortness of breath, a fever, and a “racing heartbeat.” The patient’s vital signs are: T – 101°F, HR – 110, RR – 24, SpO2 – 90% The nurse receives the following orders from the physician: Administer 650mg Tylenol orally as needed for fever Initiate oxygen at 2L/min via nasal cannula Initiate cardiac monitoring In what order should the nurse prioritize care?

The nurse demonstrates a correct BEFAST stroke assessment step by asking their patient to:

A nurse receives report on the following patients. Which patient should be seen first?

You enter your patient’s room for morning vital signs and blood glucose and say, “Good morning, Terri!” Terri is pale and unresponsive. Which action should you take first?

Which of the following is a type of obstructive lung disease?

Match the hormone to the endocrine gland from which it is released: oxytocin

Common place to take the pulse

Gene therapy involves the direct genetic modification of a patient to achieve some therapeutic goal.  So far, gene therapy has had very limited therapeutic success.  A)  Describe two major obstacles that have thwarted gene therapy trials.

XLAAD The pedigree below is from a family in which X-Linked Autoimmunity-Allergic Disregulation (XLAAD) syndrome is segregating. Members have been typed for 8 loci on the X chromosome (A –> H). The bars represent haplotypes and the numbers refer to particular alleles at each locus (so individual I-2 is heterozygous at locus A, with alleles 158 and 168).  (Remember you can zoom in to see the allele numbers better, although you don’t really need that info to answer the question). (Data from Chatlia et. al, J Clin Invest. 2000;106(12):R75-R81).   Based on the data in this pedigree, in which region of the chromosome is the disease allele?

After failing a nursing exam, the nursing student states, “That exam is written terribly.” What coping strategy would the nursing instructor identify?