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A 10-year-old child has a 1-week history of fever of 104°C that is unresponsive to antipyretics. The nurse practitioner examines the child and notes bilateral conjunctival injection and a polymorphous exanthema, with no other symptoms. Lab tests show elevated ESR, CRP, and platelets. Cultures are all negative. What is the most likely diagnosis? 

A 7-year-old child who has a history of a repaired congenital heart defect (CHD) has many dental caries along with gingival erythema and irritation and a temperature of 102.5°F.  The child is noted to have a Janeway lesion on his hand. What will the nurse practitioner do next?

Your liver failure patient has hit the call button reporting that he just had a large bloody emesis. The nurse has called you to come see the patient and want to give her some stat orders while you walk over to the room to assess the patient. What orders would you like to start off with (assuming none have been obtained). Please select all that are correct. 

A statistic is a measure that describes a sample, while a parameter is a measure that describes a population.

Frequency tables may be converted into histograms.

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n-1 in the denominator of the standard deviation equation makes it a more conservative measure of variability.

Patients would need prophylaxis for prevention of endocarditis with which of the following conditions:

A school-age child has frequent nosebleeds. Nasal visualization reveals fresh clots and excoriated nasal mucosa and the nose begins to bleed during the office visit.  What can the FNP recommend as the next course of action?