What is the rationale for the nurse using the Z-track method when administering an intramuscular (IM) corticosteroid injection?

A nursing student is caring for a newborn whose mother is breastfeeding. The mother asks, “How does breastfeeding help protect my baby from infections?” Which type of immunity will the nursing student describe?

A 60-year-old patient presents to the emergency department with complaints of shortness of breath and confusion. The patient has a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and reports feeling increasingly fatigued and unable to “catch their breath” over the past few days. Upon assessment, the nurse notes labored breathing, an elevated respiratory rate, and a slightly bluish tint around the lips. Based on these symptoms, what acid-base imbalance is the patient most likely experiencing?

A purine is always bonded to a pyrimidine because two pyrimidines together are too narrow and two purines together are too wide.

Which of the following figures, A, B, or C, represents semi-conservative replication?

The questions below will use the following answers. Each answer may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Type the letter (A-E) in the box below. This results from a defective enzyme in membrane proteins that normally function in chloride ion transport; central nervous system begins to deteriorate in infancy.

The questions below will use the following answers. Each answer may be used once, more than once, or not at all. Type the letter (A-E) in the box below. This is caused by a dominant gene defect that causes the brain tissue to gradually deteriorate in middle age; generally does not appear until the individual is 35-45 years of age.

What category of antibiotic is widely used and appropriate for use in infant/pediatric patients for the following conditions:  early onset sepsis and ear/throat/nose infections?

What was the recommended threshold for platelet transfusion in a stable NICU patient to decrease risk of death or major bleeding that was published in the NEJM in 2019?   

You are the NNP caring for a neonate with a diagnosis of severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and seizures receiving therapeutic hypothermia.  The neonate is 24 hours of age with respiratory support of NCPAP at 8 cm and 21% oxygen, dopamine at 3 mcg/kg/min, and oliguria.  Appropriate clinical management for this infant will include: