D and V, husband and wife, respectively, had each been drink…

D and V, husband and wife, respectively, had each been drinking heavily throughout the day. During the course of a drunken and increasingly heated argument, V told D that she had been cheating on him with his friend, and that she had done so in part, because D was “a worthless, no-good, stinking drunk, just like your (D’s) father.” In fact, D’ s father had been a violent drunk, who had physically abused and then abandoned his family. In addition, D was, in fact, an alcoholic. Enraged, D picked up a fireplace tool and slammed in into V’s head, killing her. D is charged with murder, and seeks to mitigate his crime to manslaughter, based on the heat of passion doct1ine. Applying common law principles, which of the following statements is least accurate?

A mother brings her 2 week old infant with atrial septal def…

A mother brings her 2 week old infant with atrial septal defect (ASD) to the pediatrician office with a temperature of 101.2oF, heart rate of 168 beats per minute, and respiratory rate of 54 per minute.  He has not been eating well for the past 2 days and is lethargic and irritable and has not had a wet diaper for 24 hours.  The pediatrician determines that the infant should be admitted to the hospital.  The nurse knows that which of the following assessment findings is the priority nursing concern?

A 4-year-old is being seen by a nurse in the emergency room….

A 4-year-old is being seen by a nurse in the emergency room. The child presents with a high fever that has been present for the past 5 days, extreme irritability, bilateral conjunctivitis, joint pain and skin peeling of the fingers and toes. Based on the symptoms, the child will most likely be diagnosed with which of the following

Place the movement of blood in order from first to last. Bl…

Place the movement of blood in order from first to last. Blood enters the left atrium via the pulmonary veins. As blood fills the left ventricle pressure increases. Eventually, the pressure causing the aortic semilunar valve to open. Pressure build in the left atrium forcing the bicuspid/mitral valve to open and blood to flow into the left ventricle Blood return from the body to the right atrium of the heart via the superior and inferior vena cava and the cardiac cycle begin again. Blood leaves the aorta and is distributed to all organs and tissue of the body.