A 31-year-old female with a history of injection drug use presents with emergency department complaining of a 3-day history of fever, chills, loss of appetite and dyspnea on exertion. Transthoracic echocardiogram showed a vegetation present on the native tricuspid valve and blood culture reveal Staphylococcus aureus, susceptible to oxacillin.  She has her aortic valve replaced with prosthetic valve and she is successfully treated with nafcillinfor 6 weeks.  No however, 8 months later she presents again with these symptoms, and blood cultures confirm MSSA with a 4.5cm vegetation revealed on imaging confirming endocarditis.  How should you now treat this patient?

7. Which of the following is FALSE regarding the refractory period in a neuron after an action potential has fired?

What major issue prompted American revolutionary sentiment against King George III?

Select Requirements Analysis and Design lifecycle tasks in sequence as described in Canvas.

Passage Identification:   “Why do you look back?” said one in the procession to his partner. “I had a fancy,” replied she, “that the minister and the maiden’s spirit were walking hand in hand.” “And so had I, at the same moment,” said the other.”   The above passage is from:

Passage Identification:   “At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candlelight, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! The outside pattern, I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be.”   The passage above is from:

An allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplant is one involving…

Extra credit.  What resonated with you from the Ted Talk video “The Art of Persuasive Storytelling” with Kelly Parker about the power of storytelling to persuade or influence?   .5 points (to be added after the quiz is calculated) 

The nurse is getting a patient with left-sided weakness up in a chair. On what side of the bed should the nurse place the chair for easier patient transfer. 

1.      Which head and neck cancer has been associated with exposure to dust, fumes & formaldehyde?