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Whitman’s idea of touching or closeness to one another. Could refer to sexuality or to the overcrowded slums of the lower classes

literary device used by Frederick Douglass in which a speech or address to a person who is not present or to a personified object

Seemingly contradictory qualities or phrases — “Success is counted sweetest / By those who ne’er succeed” (Dickinson 87)

Discuss the final line of “Bartleby, the Scrivener” — “Ah Bartleby! As humanity!”    Consider here what Bartleby stands against: a capitalistic society that values production in terms of quantity rather than quality (creativity). 

Tibial torsion is commonly associated with and can be treated with:

ANA seropositivity for antibodies:

A father calls your office to report his 2 year old child tripped and hit his head on the sidewalk.  Which of the following symptoms reported by the father would require that his son be seen in the emergency room?

An active 12 year old has pain in the knee. The pain increases with activity and is relieved with rest.  You suspect Osgood-Schlatter disease and recommend:

A young adolescent reports chest pain associated with coughing and lifting. Physical examination reveals tenderness over several ribs, radiating to the back. Auscultation of the heart, lungs, and abdomen are normal. There is no history of injury. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner do?

Stress responses that lead to changes in brain architecture are most likely secondary to events such as