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A nurse is caring for a term macrosomic newborn whose mother has poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. The newborn is on blood sugar protocols for a glucose of 30 mg/dl. The nurse should be aware that the most likely cause of the respiratory distress is which of the following?

The most common cause of acute scrotal pain in adults is:

The seminal vesicles lie ____________________ and _____________________________ to the prostate.

A nurse is teaching a newborn’s parent to care for the umbilical cord stump. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

The verumontanum is seen in the most caudal portion of the transitional zone.  It is seen on ultrasound as the ____________________________ sign.  This represents the junction of the __________________ with the ________________________.  

Patients with acute testicular torsion within 1 – 6 hours may have:

A nurse in the nursery is caring for a newborn after his circumcision. A woman identifying herself as the  grandmother of the newborn asks if she can take the newborn to the mother’s room. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the nurse?

A ____________________________ is a serous fluid collection that accumulates between the two layers of the ____________________.

The largest percentage of cancers originate from which zone of the prostate?

A 21 -year-old male presents to the ER with a history of direct trauma to the RT testicle 4 hours ago.  Ultrasound findings include a large fluid collection seen within the right scrotum with echogenic internal debris, this most likely represents a :