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Name 2 components of the Fick diffusion equation.

Take up the White Man’s burden –     Send forth the best ye breed – Go bind your sons to exile     To serve your captives’ need; To wait in heavy harness     On fluttered folk and wild – Your new-caught sullen peoples,     Half devil and half child … Take up the White Man’s burden –     Have done with childish days – The lightly proffered laurel,     The easy, ungrudged praise. Comes now, to search your manhood     Through all the thankless years, Cold-edged with dear-bought wisdom,     The judgement of your peers. – Rudyard Kipling (1899) How did Kiping’s poem The White Man’s Burden reflect American foreign policy during the late nineteeth century?

Which situation can be an indications for the nurse to insert an indwelling urinary catheter into a client? Select all that apply. 

A male client who takes warfarin for a history of pulmonary embolism and has a chronic indwelling urinary catheter presents to the emergency room. He reports decreased urine output in the catheter and bladder distension. What action will the nurse take first?

A nurse is teaching a client who has been newly prescribed tamsulosin for benign prostatic hypertrophy. Which of the following adverse effects should the nurse include in the teaching?

What is an example of procaryotic one-celled microorganism, historically classified in the Kingdom Monera?

If the patient requires IV fluid replacement to correct his fluid volume deficit (hypovolemia), which type of crystalloid solution would typically be used first for rehydration?

A nurse commits a medication error that results in severe temporary harm to a client. The hospital conducts a root cause analysis. According to the principles of a ‘just culture’ and modern safety science, what is the primary focus of this analysis?

A prescriber writes an order for ‘Lisinopril 5.0 mg PO daily.’ According to The Joint Commission’s ‘Do Not Use’ list, what is the error in this prescription?

Based on the patient’s age and symptoms, what is a key educational point the nurse should reinforce with the patient and his caregivers?