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Memorandums (memos) are normally used to communicate general information (announcements, for example) within teams or employees within an organization.

For this class, “professionalism” can be defined in all of the following ways except  

Formal Instructions should

He wanted everyone to think that he served in the army

A 20-year-old client states “I don’t know where this swelling here in my chest came from.” The nurse palpates an enlarged lymph node on the right side of the sternum . The nurse understands the presentation correlates to which potential disorder? 

The nurse is placing an indwelling catheter for a male client with a history of urinary retention.  Which principle takes priority? 

The nurse is comparing physical characteristics of 4 different newborns in the nursery. During an initial assessment, the nurse would expect to note what finding on a post-term newborn?

You are administering heparin and following the protocol below for a client weighing 189 lbs. The order is to administer an initial heparin bolus IV followed by a titrated IV infusion. Round to the tenths place. HEPARIN PROTOCOL Initial bolus- 50 units/kg Initial rate – 18 units/kg/h Obtain a PTT every 6 hours, and adjust dosage and rate as follows: If  PTT is less than 35 secs:      Repeat bolus with 80 units/kg and increase the rate by 4 units/kg/h If  PTT is 36 to 44 seconds:       Repeat bolus with 40 units/kg and increase the rate by 2 units/kg/h If  PTT is 45 to 75 seconds:       Continue current rate. If  PTT is 76 to 90 seconds:       If  PTT is 76 to 90 seconds:          Decrease rate by 2 units/kg/h If  PTT is greater than 90 secs: Hold the heparin for 1 hour and decrease rate by 3 units/kg/h Available (for bolus)  – heparin 1,000 units/mLAvailable (for infusion) –  heparin 25,000 units in 250 mL D5W  6 hours later the PTT results from the lab are- PTT 100 secs for this patient. The client is currently receiving 20units/kg/h After HOLDING the infusion for 1 hour.  What rate (mL/h) will the nurse set the pump at for the titrated heparin IV infusion in response to the PTT of 100 secs?

The nurse is leading a workshop on sexual health for men. Which of the following are described as physiological causes of erectile dysfunction? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

The client diagnosed with leukemia is scheduled for a Human Stem Cell Transplant (HSCT).  In developing a post-op plan of care, which of the following interventions will need to be included. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY