A client who has type 1 diabetes plans to swim laps for an hour daily at 1:00 PM. Which advice would the clinic nurse plan to give the client?

The prefix that means abnormal, difficult, or painful is ________.

A client with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is prescribed levothyroxine (Synthroid). Which statement by the client indicates a need for further teaching?

A client with hydronephrosis caused by an obstructing ureteral calculus has a serum creatinine level of 2.0 mg/dL (normal: 0.6–1.3 mg/dL), reports worsening flank pain, and has had 120 mL of urine output over the last 8 hours. Which nursing action is the priority?

Did Captain Vere convince himself of what he convinced the court in Billy Budd?  Explain your answer.  

Which work was your favorite this term?  To receive full credit, please explain your answer.

Both Washington Irving and Edgar Allen Poe use the supernatural in their writing.  Who does it better?  Justify your answer.

Which work that we have had this term exhibits American values the least?  Justify your answer.

A client with a ureteral stricture has not voided in 10 hours and reports increasing lower abdominal discomfort. The nurse palpates a distended bladder. What is the first nursing intervention?

Start Passage Explication – Passages that are from works from tests 1 and 2 will be marked as “cumulative.” Passage 1: Going close up to the young sailor, laying a soothing hand on his shoulder, he said, “There is no hurry, my boy.  Take your time, take your time.”  Contrary to the effect intended, these words so fatherly in tone, doubtless touching Billy’s heart to the quick, prompted yet more violent efforts at utterance – efforts soon ending for the time in confirming the paralysis, and bring to his face an expression which was a crucifixion to behold.  The next instant, quick as the flame from a discharged cannon at night, his right arm upon the forehead, so shapely and intellectual-looking a feature in the master-at-arms; so that the body fell over lengthwise, like a heavy plank tilted from erectness.  A gasp or two, and he lay motionless.