The inability to pass a hard collection of stool is known as __.

The patient is diagnosed with Bell’s palsy. The nurse assesses the patient and notices drooping of the patient’s right eye and the right side of his mouth. When the functions of the following nerves are compared, the most likely cause of these symptoms would be a dysfunction of the:

The nurse has removed the patient’s old colostomy pouch and is attempting to measure the stoma opening for placement of a new pouch. Which action is correct?  

Measurement of the patient’s ability to differentiate between sharp and dull sensations over the forehead tests which cranial nerve?

Bonus: What is the normal composition of the surfactant?

Bonus: A female approximately 25 years old was thrown from a vehicle and sustained a penetrating wound to her left chest. The wound is deep and emits a sucking sound with each inspiration. The woman is complaining of severe left chest pain and has no breath sounds over the left side of the chest. Her trachea is in the midline position. What is the most probable diagnosis?

Cultural competence at the organizational level includes:

The nurse is assessing a client who reports severe abdominal pain rated 8/10 on the numeric pain scale. Which additional finding would the nurse expect as a physiological response to acute pain?

Match the cells found in the gastrointestinal tract with the substances they secrete.

This is an image of glandular tissue. The gland is stained dark purple by the H&E stain, The large white circular structures are (what kind of tissue?)