Case Study #2: Your patient was recently diagnosed with Hepa…

Case Study #2: Your patient was recently diagnosed with Hepatitis C (HCV) and is getting ready to start taking medications, she reports no other health issues.  On her dental history she reports an 8/10 fear of the dentist and has a tooth that has been painful that she wants the dentist to examine. The vital signs you get today are BP: 142/92, pulse 102 and respirations 22.  As you are finishing up the appointment, you accidentally sustain a minor cut from a scaling instrument that has already been used in her mouth as you are organizing your cassette. The patient is still with you in the operatory, you have not dismissed her yet. Use this scenario to answer the next 4 questions. QUESTION: Which of the following would not be necessary for this patient regarding their vital signs measurements?  

You are a Cherokee living in Willstown in the 1820s. Some gu…

You are a Cherokee living in Willstown in the 1820s. Some guy has just come to town talking about how he is working on a way to write your language down on paper. “That will never happen,” you think to yourself. You decide to go introduce yourself and see who this stranger is. You ask the stranger, “What’s your name?” He says nothing. He draws some weird symbols in the dirt and says “This. This is my name. When you learn my language, then you will know my name.”  You spend the next several months learning the syllabary this man created. Now you can finally read his name. What is it?