In the middle of Thanksgiving dinner with your family, your drunken uncle berates you about your laziness and inability to hold down a job.  Your uncle is angry about the lack of motivation and work ethic in America and blames young people for that problem. You, an educated political science major with experience in research analysis, decide to analyze your uncle’s claim using data from the GSS 2018 dataset. Hypothesis: Older people are less likely to have been recently unemployed.  Based on your uncle’s claim and the subsequent hypothesis given above, properly identify which of the following variables is the independent variable and which is the dependent variable. 2 pts. UNEMP: Whether a respondent has been unemployed in the last 10 years or not AGE5: Five age groups  

Mrs. Jones is in stable condition on a regular insulin drip at 1 unit/h. She is ready to be transitioned to subcutaneous insulin and will be taking food and liquids by mouth. Her total insulin requirement over the previous 24 hours was 40 units. Ms. Smith will now require basal coverage and prandial coverage. Calculate Mrs. Jones’s basal and prandial insulin requirements. Round your answers to the nearest whole number.

Using the Parkland formula for fluid resuscitation and your knowledge of injury calculations using the “rule of nines,” calculate the estimated fluid requirements during the first 8 hours for a 85-kg patient with full-thickness burns to the posterior chest, buttocks, perineum, entire right arm, and entire right leg.

Your patient is 5’5” tall and weighs 165 lbs. Calculate their BMI. Round answer to the nearest tenth.

Name at least 5 “T” causes of reversible cardiac arrest. (Must list at least 5 to receive credit.)

A nurse in a cardiovascular unit is reviewing the common emergency management protocols. When the nurse identifies asystole on a patient’s ECG monitor, which of the following actions should the nurse take? 

Your 58-year-old female patients presents with fever, leukocytosis, and left lower abdominal pain that started about 12 hours ago. She has not had a bowel movement since the pain started.  Your top differential diagnosis would be:

Potential complications of gastroesophageal reflux disease include:

The nurse practitioner would test the obturator and iliopsoas (psoas) muscle to evaluate for:  

Dora, 67, is your regular patient and 2 weeks ago you placed her on a calcium channel blocker for her BP consistently being around 160/93.  She said since she started the medication her blood pressure has been great as she takes her BP every day at home  (115/80-125/80).  She is please with her BP but she has noticed that her feet have been swelling which is different and even some days her lower legs are puffy.  What is your BEST plan of action for Dora?