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Mrs. Hill is a 28-year-old African-American with a history of SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). She has noticed a raised, dark red rash on her legs. When you press on the rash, it doesn’t blanch. What would you tell her regarding her rash?

The nurse practitioner has just given the results of a skin biopsy to Mrs. B. Her biopsy showed a superficial basal cell carcinoma. The nurse practioner should make sure that her education for Mrs. B should include:

You are beginning the examination of the skin on a 25-year-old teacher. You have previously elicited that she came to the office for evaluation of fatigue, weight gain, and hair loss. You strongly suspect that she has hypothyroidism. What is the expected moisture and texture of the skin of a patient with hypothyroidism?

When screening for melanoma, what does the “B” in the Rule stand for?

A 26-year-old stewardess comes in for a third trimester prenatal visit. She has had prenatal care since her sixth week of pregnancy. Her prenatal course has been unremarkable. Today her blood pressure and weight gain are appropriate and her urine is unremarkable. However she complains of feeling off balance and having back pain. What should you tell her.

Which is not a risk factor for melanoma?

A 0.60 g sample of sodium salicylate was dissolved and diluted to a final volume of 250 mL with deionized water. What is the concentration of this solution?  MM (Sodium salicylate) = 160.11 g/mol

Silver nitrate reacts with copper leading to the formation of copper (II) nitrate and silver as per the chemical equation shown below:   2AgNO3                 +            Cu                  =          Cu(NO3)2 +      2Ag 169.89 g/mol              63.55 g/mol How many grams of copper are needed for 154 g of silver nitrate to react completely?

How much time in minutes is required to administer 300 mL of glucose IV solution if the flow rate is 10 mL/ hr?

A CHEM1045 student prepares a dilute solution of sodium hydroxide, starting with 6M sodium hydroxide. She then titrates a 1.772 g sample of KHP with the dilute 6M sodium hydroxide solution, to a phenolphthalein end point. If the titration required 22.84 mL of sodium hydroxide calculate the concentration of the sodium hydroxide solution.  MM (KHP) = 204.22 g/mol