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High school students Ari and Barb hate their Algebra teacher and are doing very badly in the class. They are convinced that if their teacher died before the final exam, their school would probably just give them all a grade of “A.” They decide to give their teacher a poison apple, and they go online and find a way to make an apple lethally poisonous without changing its appearance or taste (using a combination of common household cleaners). They follow the recipe and give their teacher the poison apple, which she sets on her desk. That night both girls start feeling terrible. What were they thinking? How could they be so cruel? They pray it’s not too late and rush over to the school. Security lighting allows them to look in the classroom window and see that the poison apple is still on the teacher’s desk. They are determined to get the apple and make sure it doesn’t hurt anyone, but when they try to raise a window to enter the classroom, the alarm system goes off. When they are caught by local police, they confess to everything. They are charged with Attempted Murder. Have Ari and Barb committed Attempted Murder? Can they establish a defense of abandonment/renunciation? *Answer both questions for both a common law approach and the MPC approach. (See MPC § 5.01.) Explain all your answers.

Bill agrees to be hypnotized at the Christmas party hosted by his employer. While he is hypnotized, Bill strikes and injures one of his co-workers. Bill really despises the person whom he struck, and he laughs when he finds out afterward what happened.   “Assault” under the relevant provision of the Model Penal Code is defined as “purposely, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another.” Can Bill be convicted of assault under the MPC? Pick the best answer.

The patient with chronic kidney disease reports chronic fatigue, lethargy with weakness, and mild shortness of breath with dizziness when rising to a standing position. In addition, the nurse notes pale mucous membranes. Based on the patient’s illness and the presenting symptoms, which laboratory result does the nurse expectto see?

 Which signs and symptoms support the nurse’s suspicion that a client has developed heat stroke? Select all that apply.

 A nurse who is HIV positive and is now a client on a surgical unit the day after abdominal surgery asks a nurse colleague to keep her HIV status from the rest of the nursing staff. What is the unit nurse’s best response?

Place in OrderA nurse is assessing a patient after administering a dose of Penicillin. The patient has a hoarse voice, and swollen lips and tongue. In which order should the nurse take the following actions? List the numbers in the correct order of priority. __1__Administer IV antihistamines.__2___Administer IV epinephrine.__3___Apply high-flow oxygen.__4___Assess the client’s airway.__5___Call the emergency response team.__6___Initiate IV access.

A nurse is caring for a 20 y/o male diagnosed with testicular cancer who has a WBC count of 2,000/mm3 after three rounds of chemotherapy. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

The below tracing would be documented as ______________________ deceleration.  

A 67 kg patient is on a heparin drip at 28 mL/hr. The bag contains 25,000 units in a 500 mL bag of fluid. How many units of heparin is the patient receiving in units/kg/hour? Round answer to the nearest whole number. 

Most women have a combination of pelvic characteristics rather than having one pure type.  Which basic type of pelvis is related to the highest percentage of vaginal birth occurrences in women?