* A child is diagnosed with acute otitis media (AOM). During otoscopy the nurse practitioner expects the tympanic membrane (TM) to be:

How long should journal entries be?

 *What is the most common cause of Community Acquired Pneumonia? 

There is a penalty for each day an assignment is late.

*A 20 y/o female college student comes to student health with complaints of fatigue, fever, sore throat and nausea.  She states that a couple of her friends have had the same thing and were told it was a virus and they needed to stay on bed rest.  Temp today is 102, her throat is erythematous with tender posterior cervical lymphadenopathy.  Her liver is also slightly tender and extend 2cms below the costal margin.  Which of the following tests would help you the most with your diagnosis?

Your newly diagnosed asthmatic patient has began using inhaled beclomethasone. Which of the following is NOT true concerning this medication and its use?

*JM is a 55 year old white male presenting for follow-up 2 weeks after starting Fluoxetine 20 mg for depression. When questioned he notes that he has had “some improvement” in his depressive symptoms but that his energy levels are “quite a bit better” even in the two weeks since starting on medication. At this visit with JM it is most important to assess:

The principles of asthma management include all of the following EXCEPT

The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to ________ when explaining others’ behavior.

Jake often sees Mexican immigrants in low paying jobs (e.g., manual labor) and as a result he might attribute their occupation choice to the fact that they are not intelligent enough for more demanding, higher paying jobs. In reality, this occurrence may be due to the fact that this social group tends to come from families without generations of accumulated wealth or education. What theory explains why Jake has prejudice?