The elderly client is admitted to the hospital for treatment of dehydration and malnutrition. The client’s clothing is dirty, hygiene is poor, and skin is bruised. An IV is started and a tray of food provided.  What should be the FIRST action for the nurse to perform next?  

An earthquake decimates a ground squirrel population, killing 98 percent of the squirrels. The surviving population happens to have broader stripes, on average, than the initial population. If broadness of stripes is genetically determined, what effect has the ground-squirrel population experienced during the earthquake?

Using the graph and your understanding of these concepts, which of the following statements best describes the relationship between mass extinctions and diversity?   

Recently, NPR reported the discovery of sympatric speciation in damselfish. What must have been the conditions of this speciation?

Which of the following are extrinsic explanations for the diversification seen in the Cambrian explosion? (select all that apply)

You are assessing genetic diversity in elk under different management practices. Which management practice would most likely result in low heterozygosity?

What is a hiatal hernia?  Why might this condition cause GERD?

Which of these would depress the heart?

Which of the following MOST significantly determines peripheral resistance?

Which is the following is another term for a blood pressure cuff?