Community Hospital had 100 patients in the hospital at midni…
Community Hospital had 100 patients in the hospital at midnight on May 1. The hospital admitted 30 patients on May 2. The hospital discharged 40 patients, including deaths, on May 2. Two patients were both admitted and discharged on May 2. What was the daily inpatient census at midnight on May 2?
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A potential donor is angry at the personal nature of the questions about HIV risk factors that he is required to answer at a blood collection center and states that simple blood testing should suffice. How can the nurse at the center best respond?
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Reviewing pathology for an exam on pulmonary vasculature, the nursing student states that blood enters the right side of the heart via the vena cavae, then to the right atrium, right ventricle, and then which vessel carries the deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary system?
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A patient with diabetes mellitus has just undergone a right, below-the-knee amputation following gangrene infection. A few days post-op, the patient confides in the nurse that he still feels his right foot. Knowing the pathophysiologic principles behind this, the nurse can
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