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Which of the following is an appropriate short-term goal for a diabetic client who is learning about diet and nutrition.

Fructose and Glucose can both be metabolized to fat.

Your client states, “I feel tired all of the time.”  Her lungs are clear, and she becomes short of breath after walking 20 feet. Her heart rate also increases to 120 beats per minute after walking 10 feet or more and she is anemic (hemoglobin 6).  Which of the following nursing diagnoses best matches the data above?

The nurse is caring for a client with Depression.  Which is the priority nursing diagnosis?

A stain method often used to help identify the causative agent of TB is:

A ____ is a virus-like infectious agent made of RNA and only affects plants.

Case Study #3b Scenario Karly is an emergency medical technician who is called to the home of Kevin, a 13-week-old boy who is having trouble breathing. Karly asked when Kevin had been last fed, and his mom reported that she had just switched him over to formula that she was making herself, from organic pasteurized cow’s milk, nonfat dry milk, and raw honey obtained from a local beekeeper. Kevin was transported by ambulance to the hospital and immediately placed on a ventilator.   Signs and Symptoms When Karly and the other first responders arrived at Kevin’s house, Karly immediately noticed that the boy did not seem to have any facial expression and that although his eyes were open, his eyelids were droopy and he did not seem to be focusing. The baby was also unable to grasp Karly’s finger and was very limp when she tried to pick him up. The medical term used to describe Kevin’s collective symptoms of lack of motion, no facial expression, and overall limpness is flaccid paralysis. This is commonly found in patients who have come in contact with a neurotoxin known as botulinum.  Question: This neurotoxin is most likely produced by:

All of the following can be transmitted via contaminated water except:

What is the name of the cranial nerve labeled K

Testing (cont.) A smear was prepared from the colonies growing on the anaerobic BAP and Gram stained. Gram-positive cells were observed. The colonies from the anaerobic BAP were endospore stained.    Question: Give a bacteriological interpretation of the result of endospore staining, shown below.