The unique clinical presentation of a 3 month-old infant in the emergency department leads the care team to suspect botulism. Which assessment question posed to the parents is likely to be most useful in the differential diagnosis?

A client diagnosed with H. pylori asks the clinician, “How can an infection occur in the stomach since it is an acid environment?” The clinician responds:

A clinician is interviewing a client with fever, myalgia, headache, and lethargy. Which question is most important for the clinician to ask related to identifying the cause of these symptoms and the possible need for quarantining the client?

The health care provider knows that the cells primarily programmed to remove the invading organisms and remember the antigen to respond rapidly during the next exposure are:

The clinician is caring for a client with multiple myeloma. What aspects of care should the clinician prioritize? Select all that apply.

A client with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency department with suspected ketoacidosis. Which diagnostic results would be most likely to confirm this diagnosis?

Which individual would be most likely to experience global ischemia to his or her brain?

Following head injury from a fall, the child’s CT scan reveals a moderate brain injury contusion. Which manifestations will the radiologist more than likely assess on this child that supports this diagnosis? Select all that apply.

A client has been inhaling viruses periodically while on a cross-country flight. Which situation listed below would most likely result in the stimulation of the client’s T lymphocytes and adaptive immune system?

A student is attempting to trace the feedback cycle involved in the stress response. Which neural structure is thought to be the central integrating site for the stress response?