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Mrs. Jones is in stable condition on a regular insulin drip at 1 unit/h. She is ready to be transitioned to subcutaneous insulin and will be taking food and liquids by mouth. Her total insulin requirement over the previous 24 hours was 40 units. Ms. Jones will now require basal coverage and prandial coverage. Calculate Mrs. Jones’s basal and prandial insulin requirements. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.

A category I fetal heart rate tracing on presentation that converts to a category III tracing is suggestive of a hypoxic-ischemic event. 

A patient is admitted with a long history of mental illness. The patient’s spouse states the patient has been drinking up to 10 gallons of water each day for the past 2 days and refuses to eat. The patient is severely dehydrated and soaked with urine. The nurse suspects the patient has which problem?

The correct order of the following substances from least to maximum compressibility is:

Explain the meaning of fluid viscosity and its relation to laminar flow. (2 marks)

The state of matter that has the least force of attraction between its particles is:

2.    Explain the best type of connection for the following parts within an electrical circuit: series or parallel. Provide reasons for your answers. (4 marks) (a) lights in your house (b) 1.5 V batteries to power a 6.0 V electronic device

(a)    Label the parts of the DC motor. (5 marks)       (b)    Explain the Motor Principle in relation to the operation of the DC motor.  (2 marks) (c)    Explain the role of the commutator in the DC motor. (2 marks)

Which of the following is an acceptable unit for density?

If two 200 Ω resistors are connected in parallel, their total resistance is: