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Provider orders: 337mg of a medication every 6 hours. Child weighs: 52.8 pounds Safe dose range: 50 to 60 mg/kg/day Is the dose ordered safe? 

Parents of an 8-year-old bring their child to the pediatrician. They are concerned because she has been extremely thirsty, has had an increased appetite, is fatigued, and experienced an unexpected 10-pound weight loss over the last month. Mom also tells you that last night she “wet the bed” which she never does. As the nurse taking the history and assessing the child, you suspect that she is showing signs and symptoms of what condition?

Patients taking steroids (such as prednisone) in high doses or for extended periods of time may have to take insulin while on the medication. What is the specific, temporary, steroid-induced side effect that necessitates the need for insulin?

In a child receiving chemotherapy for cancer, which of the following signs/symptoms might possibly indicate that they need a red blood cell (PRBC) transfusion? (Select all that apply.)

A photographic process using positive exposures was unveiled publicly in 1839 and the age of photography was born with the __________________.

True frescoes are painted when the surface plaster is wet.

_____________ is manipulating gradations of values creating the appearance of natural light.

What’s missing in this definition of art? Art is primarily a _­­­­­__________ medium that is used to express our ideas about our human experience and the world around us. 

_____________ is a relatively early form of animation which uses clay sculptures that are moved and photographed in tiny increments.

_______________ is a surface characteristic that is or appears to be tactile.