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The city of Raleigh has 10,600 registered voters. There are two candidates for city council in an upcoming election: Brown and Feliz. The day before the election, a telephone poll of 550 randomly selected registered voters was conducted. 234 said they’d vote for Brown, 273 said they’d vote for Feliz, and 43 were undecided.  Describe the sample for this survey. 

Which source of bias is most relevant to the following situation: A winner is chosen on a popular TV show by having people pay to register their vote using a cell phone. 

You want to be able to withdraw $35,000 each year for 15 years.  Your account earns 5% interest.  How much do you need in your account at the beginning? _______ How much total money will you pull out of the account? _______ How much of that money is interest? _______

You can afford a $1,250 per month mortgage payment.  You have found a 30 year loan at 6% interest.  How big of a loan can you afford? _______ How much total money will you pay the loan company? _______ How much of that money is interest? _______

A nurse in a hospital identifies that an adult patient is unresponsive. Place the following steps in the order in which they should be performed.   

A nurse is caring for a post-operative client status-post cholecystectomy. Post-operative day 3, Temperature: 101° Fahrenheit, Heart Rate: 115 beats/min, Respirations: 26 breaths/min, Blood Pressure 98/66 mmHg.  O2 Saturation: 95%.  Which of the following post-operative complications is the nurse concerned the client is experiencing?

The nurse in the intensive care unit is caring for a client who sustained an electrical burn 24 hours ago. The nurse understands the implication of acute kidney injury in burn clients and has noted the latest serum results. The client’s BUN is 25 mg/dL and creatinine is 2.1 mg/dL. The nurse contacts the primary care provider and requests which intervention?

A nurse is working on the telemetry unit and identifies the following dysrhythmias on the screen.  Which client requires immediate intervention? A.    B.    C.    D.