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When you rewrite a system’s equations in slope-intercept form, what condition(s) needs to be met in order to know there is one solution.

A client with type 1 diabetes is admitted to the emergency department and is unresponsive to stimuli, having fruity sweet breath with Kussmaul’s respirations. The arterial blood gases are pH 7.32, PCO2 34 mm Hg, and HCO3 11 mEq/L (11 mmol/L); plasma glucose results are 518 mg/dl (28.8 mmol/L). What medication intervention should the nurse anticipate for this client?

The nurse is teaching a client about hypoparathyroidism. How should the role of parathyroid hormone (PTH) be explained?

During treatment for DKA, complications may arise when the patient’s blood glucose level decreases more then

Explain whether or not the following table of data represents a function.  x-values y-values 1 5 1 6 2 7 2 8 3 9

Select the most important post operative nursing intervention to be completed for a client for the first 48 hours post operative who had a transsphenoidal resection of a pituitary tumor.

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Suzie is trying to decide which of two cell-phone plans is best for her.  Company ‘A’ charges $40 per month and $0.05 per text message.  Company ‘B’ charges no monthly fee but it is $0.10 per text message.  Please give Suzie advice and back it up with some math. Your solution in this story will not necessarily require you to define variables and state the solution. You state at what point one plan becomes better than the other.

A bacterial infection is being combated with antibiotics. The medication is able to reduce the bacteria by 25% per day. How much of the bacteria remains after 6 days if there were 5,000 bacterial organism to begin with?

A bacterial infection is being combated with antibiotics. The medication is able to reduce the bacteria by 25% per day. How much of the bacteria remains after 6 days if there were 5,000 bacterial organism to begin with?