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A nurse has completed a full assessment of the patient’s history and is preparing to administer oral medication to a client. What is the primary nursing assessment of the client patient prior to receiving this medication?

Please use the files below (document and data) to complete this portion of the exam. Upload the document titled “Exam 1 Tableau Portion” once you have completed answering the questions. Exam 1 Tableau Portion Home Prices Here are the variables contained in the file: Building Type: Type of dwelling (Single Family; Duplex; Townhome)              Year Built: Original construction date Year Remod: Remodel date (same as construction date if no remodeling or additions)                           Year Sold: Year Sold (YYYY) Sale Price: Sale Price in $ Overall Quality: Rates the overall material and finish of the house (Excellent; Good; Above Average; Average; Below Average; Poor)     Overall Condition: Rates the overall condition of the house (Excellent; Good; Above Average; Average; Below Average; Poor) Kitchen Quality: Kitchen quality (Excellent; Good; Average; Fair) Lot Area: Lot size in square feet Living Area SF: Above grade (ground) living area square feet Basement SF: Total square feet of basement area Bathrooms: total number of bathrooms Bedrooms: total number of bedrooms above grade (does NOT include basement bedrooms) Total Rooms: Total rooms above grade (does not include bathrooms) Fireplaces: Number of fireplaces # Car Garage: Size of garage in car capacity

A congenital disease can be genetically inherited to offspring. 

Cystic Fibrosis is a ____________ disease. 

Homozygous is when two different alleles are inherited.

Describe 3 different ways that AAC grid displays can be organized. 

Every week we consider what we are learning about AAC in the context of real or simulated clients and their attainment of knowledge, judgement, and skills needed to develop communicative competence. What are the four domains of competencies that we can use to help us with treatment planning? 

List four different tools that AAC teams might use to help select vocabulary and messages. 

You are working with a pre-teen with cerebral palsy who uses an eye-gaze display.  You are baking cookies. You point to  each symbol on the pre-teens display while talking: (Capitalized words are those words you point to each symbol) You:” Let’s get the COOKIE MIX and the BOWL. I’ll put the COOKIE MIX in the BOWL”-you pretend you can’t open the bag and make exaggerated facial expressions You: ” Uh-oh! I guess I did something wrong? I wonder what the problem is? -you pause- “Oh, I need to OPEN the COOKIE MIX” -you pause The AAC user watches but does not respond.  You: You exaggerate opening the cookie mix and say; ” I need to OPEN  this COOKIE MIX. My BOWL is empty.” What is this an example of? 

Which of the following best characterizes a fixed display?