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A pregnant client was placed on an antibiotic in her third trimester of pregnancy.  She is concerned about the teratogenic effect the medication could have on her fetus.  In counseling the client, which of the following statements is correct regarding the developmental phase of the fetus in the third trimester and the risks of medication use? a. “Antibiotics should be avoided during entire pregnancy due to changes at cellular level.”b. “It is a time of developing endocrine functioning, therefore a risk to the fetus.”c. “There is a risk to your fetus because this is the time of maximum brain growth during pregnancy.”d. “The fetus has maximum weight gain and maturity during this time.  This is not a critical time for teratogenic  effects.”

A nurse is caring for a patient who is receiving oxytocin (Pitocin) for induction of labor and has an intrauterine pressure catheter placed to monitor uterine contractions.  For which of the following contraction patterns should the nurse discontinue the infusion of oxytocin?

 Birds, snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles are all thought to share a common ancestor and several homologous traits. Assuming that this is true, these groups of animals would best represent

The nurse is caring for a laboring woman who has a history of rheumatic heart disease.  How should the nurse position her during labor?

Which of the following best shows a lack of dietary variety?

According to the text, which two broad factors apply to a patient’s reaction to health, illness, and hospitalization?

Label the missing parts of this diagram (1-4).

Name each part of the diagram and include the following: name of each tier, the approximate percentage of students whose needs are met at each tier, and format for instruction/intervention delivery at each tier.  

What is the function of an endospore?    

If the distribution is _______, most values are small (i.e., low), but there are a few exceptionally large (i.e., high) ones. Those exceptional values will impact the mean and pull it to the right so that the mean will be greater than the median. The box plot will look as if the box was shifted to the _______ so that the _______ will be longer, and the median will be closer to the first quartile in the box plot.