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Using what you understand about naming muscles, which of the following muscles would be found in the thigh?

Please explain skeletal muscle contraction using the following words:  Cross Bridge, Synaptic cleft, T-Tubules, Action Potential, Sarcomere, Acetylcholine, Sarcolemma, Troponin, Tropomysin, Actin, Myosin, Axon Terminal, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, Calcium Ions, Sodium ions, Potassium Ions, Acetylcholinesterase, Ligand gated receptor, Terminal Cisternae, Neuromuscular Junction and ATP.   The student must use at least 12 of these words correctly in the response to this question.

When a muscle has the name rectus this indicates which of the following?

Case Study 4.5 Scenario: You are the OB clinic RN seeing a college age female here for her first OB visit at 7 weeks gestation. She describes having multiple sexual partners and does not use condoms or birth control.  When asked what symptoms she is having she describes being nauseous, constipated, having night sweats, mouth ulcers, swollen lymph nodes, and a rash.  Now: You are seeing the patient for a follow-up visit after their diagnosis of HIV during pregnancy. The patient asks you about the likelihood of passing HIV to her fetus/baby.  Which statements are relevant to the education of this patient? 

Case Study: Question 2 What type of decelerations are present on her fetal heart monitoring? 

True/False: A vasa previa is when the placenta presents before the fetus. 

What is the priority concern with a complete molar pregnancy? 

Which female breast cancer stage is the least severe? 

SATA: Which are contraindications of breastfeeding in the U.S? 

Case Study: Question 5 You are the nurse caring for a 35 y/o G2P1001 here at 39 weeks gestation for an induction of labor due to poorly controlled GDMa2. Additionally, her pregnancy has been complicated by polyhydramnios and suspected fetal macrosomia, with estimated fetal weight in the 97th percentile.  The provider ordered her induction to be started with pitocin. It is currently infusing at 4 mu and she is beginning to become uncomfortable. Her last cervical exam was 3/50/-4.  Her water is broken and the fetus demonstrated a prolonged deceleration. You performed a cervical exam and palpated an umbilical cord. You have called the provider and your charge nurse. What do you anticipate next?