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A client is informed that his white blood cell count is low and that he is at risk for the development of infections.  “Where do I make new white blood cells?”   What is the best response by the nurse? a.    “White blood cells are produced in the plasma.”b.    “White blood cells are produced in the thymus gland.”c.    “White blood cells are produced in the lymphatic tissue.”d.    “White blood cells are produced in the bone marrow.”

Mental health nursing draws from many theories and schools of thought.  In day-to-day contact with clients, the nurse is aware of Freud’s personality theory.  Freud described the personality as having three distinct parts.  The ego: a. Seeks constant gratification.b. Strives for perfection.c. Composes the personality at birth.d. Represents reality and reason.

Which of the following is next in order of events after the patient has been induced with anesthesia, clipped, and had the initial prep?

What position is the patient placed in for abdominal exploratory surgery?

Given the Z is the Standard Normal distribution, find the following probabilities: P ( – 1.36 < Z < - 0.73 ) 

A doctor knows from experience that 10% of the patients to whom he gives a certain drug will have undesirable side effects. Find the probability that in a random sample of 20 unrelated patients at most 6 will have undesirable side effects.

An explosion occurs 34 km away. The time it takes for its sound to reach your ears, traveling at 340 m/s, is:

Suppose SAT scores for US students are normally distributed with the mean of 420 points and standard deviation of 60 points.  Find the probability of selecting a US student with SAT score below 384 points.

The following table shows the number (in thousands) of earned degrees conferred in the year 2000 by the degree level and gender.  Associate Bachelor Master Doctor totals male 208 502 187 27 924 female 323 659 227 19 1228 totals 531 1161 414 46 2152 A person who earned a degree in the year 2000 is randomly selected. In checking for independence of two events “female” and “Bachelor degree” we find  P(Female).    Which of the following is needed in order to establish the independence?

What did you calculate for your percent error?