Case Study #1RF is 45 yo, married, and works as a city engineer for a large municipal government. He cited a recent hx of nausea, anorexia, hematuria, and swollen ankles during a physical examination. His wife reported that he had been tiring more easily than usual during the past year. A hx of prior illnesses proved negative, except for a severe case of influenza with sore throat 10 years ago. RF’s BP was 160/98 and he has lost 4 kg during the past 2 months. A urinalysis shows albumin and red and white blood cells. He is 6′ 1″ and 172 lbs. His current urine output is approximately 450 cc/day.Lab values are as follows:BUN 93 mg/dl GFR 19 ml/min HCT 32% Hgb 11 mg/dl (14-17.4 for males) What factors affect the amount of protein needed by persons with chronic CKD? How would protein needs change when be begins dialysis?

Mrs. Reyes, an 82‑year‑old woman, spends a lot of time in the living room after dinner. Her son suggests she “drink a little water before bed” to stay hydrated. She is also concerned about getting up with the light switch that’s difficult to reach.  Which approach is most aligned with fall‑prevention strategies?

Refer to Figure 10. You are following the flow of blood from the left thumb to the heart. What is the name of the blood vessel immediately distal to the superior vena cava that would be part of this blood flow? [a] Remember to include left/right, vein/artery! What number on the figure most closely matches this blood vessel? [b]

It is common practice to withhold enteral nutrition if a critically ill patient’s mean arterial pressure is less than _____ mm Hg.

Enteral feedings should not be given to an injured or stressed patient unless he or she is

The remaining questions are geared towards providing specific feedback to your instructor about your experience in this course. Please be aware that these questions and responses are not anonymous – the instructor will be able to see which student said what, unlike the summative Instructor Course Evaluations, which are truly entirely anonymous. 

When opening a door, you push on it perpendicularly with a force of 55.0 N at a distance of 0.850m from the hinges. What torque are you exerting relative to the hinges?

In using the SE (learning cycle) inquiry model in teaching, which of the following is the best way to introduce new science-concept vocabulary to stu­dents and English language learners in particular? 

For the following argument, identify the important claims by copying and pasting them into MindMup in another tab, give the ultimate conclusion the number 1, and map the arguments. After you have finished mapping all of the arguments in Mastery Check 3.2, in MindMup, click File –> Share and type rsaucedo@lamar.edu to share your maps with me for grading, just as you did for the MindMup – Honorlock Test.“Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that considers knowledge and justified belief. Among other things, epistemology addresses the extent to which we should, or shouldn’t, trust our senses. Descartes, the father of modern philosophy, was disinclined to trust the evidence of his senses unless that evidence could be shown to be trustworthy through other, non-sensory sources, like reason. Other philosophers, like Locke, took sensory evidence to be sufficiently trustworthy to not require external support. Can we be confident that our sensory organs are reliable? Well, the theory of evolution has been proven beyond any reasonable doubt, so our sensory organs are the product of evolution. Evolution would produce reliable sensory organs because evolution favors traits that encourage reproduction and animals with reliable sensory organs will have offspring.  After all, if an animal lacks reliable sensory organs then it’s apt to be eaten by undetected predators before it can reproduce. Consequently, we can be reasonably confident that our sensory organs are reliable.” 

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