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Match the letter with each side of the brain (1 point each):  

Describe the location of the following structures: (1 point each) Precuneus:

82 year old woman presents to the emergency department after a fall at home. She reports that she woke up feeling fine this morning, but when she tried to rise from bed, her right leg was not responding- she can’t feel it or move it (weakness and numbness). Her right leg gave out from under her and she fell to the ground. She did not hit her head, but appears to be confused. You examine the patient and notice the following symptoms: loss of pain, temperature, and pressure sensation to the right leg, weakness to the right leg, and difficulty tracking your finger with her eyes (she displays gaze preference to one side of the room).  (1 point each) c. Which hemisphere is affected?

Answer the following questions about the meninges:(1 point each)

Which medication is utilized in treating both alcohol addiction and opioid intoxication?

A nursing supervisor is about to meet with a staff nurse suspected of diverting clients’ pain medications. Which assessment data would lead the supervisor to suspect that the staff nurse is impaired? (Select all that apply.)  

Theories that typically attempt to explain every claim of morality by just one or a few foundational values are _____________________________ .

Saving is the portion of income that is not used for expenditure.

Which one of the following characteristics increases percutaneous absorption in an infant making them more susceptible to topical medication toxicity?

An adherent patient is receiving 400 mg/day of phenytoin sodium capsules in divided doses and his total phenytoin concentration at steady state is [C1] mg/L. He becomes NPO and requires IV dosing.    Assuming a KM of 4mg/L, what do you expect the steady state phenytoin concentration to be if he is switched to fosphenytoin IV and the daily dose of phenytoin equivalents is decreased by 25mg? (Fosphenytoin is dosed in units of phenytoin base equivalents, so should be considered phenytoin base.  Phenytoin sodium is 92% phenytoin.)