Claspers are copulatory organs in Chondrichthyes. These organs are located on the pelvic fins of males and help to hold on and transfer sperm to the female.

Which of these laboratory values noted by the nurse when reviewing the chart of a diabetic patient indicates the greatest need for further assessment of the patient?

A patient who has recently started taking rosuvastatin (Crestor) and niacin (Nicobid) reports all the following symptoms to the nurse. Which is most important to communicate to the health care provider?

A nurse is working with hypertensive clients. Which of the following factors does the nurse consider to be most important in order for the client’s treatment plan to be successful?

Manatees are strict herbivores so in order to handle their specific diet they have short intestines and large canines.

Birds have lungs with bidirectional flow of air (air flows in two opposite directions within the lungs).  This strategy to ventilate their lungs makes them more efficient at extracting oxygen from the air.

The baculum is a penis bone found in pinnipeds.  This structure allows the males to mate with more females in their harem within a shorter amount of time.

Many pinnipeds reproduce by polygamy in which one dominant male controls and mates with a harem of females.

While working in the outpatient clinic, the nurse notes that the chart states that a patient has intermittent claudication. Which of these statements by the patient would be consistent with this information?

Laboratory testing is ordered for a patient during a clinic visit for routine assessment of hypertension. When monitoring for target organ damage, the nurse will be most concerned about