The nurse provides discharge instructions to a patient with an above-the-knee amputation who will be fitted with a prosthesis when healing is complete, and the residual limb is well molded. The nurse determines that additional teaching is necessary when the patient says,

 Billy Bob owns a pet store that sells rodents to educational programs.  What governmental agency does he need to be licensed by?   

The nursing student is caring for a patient who has sustained multiple injuries, including long bone fractures, in a motor vehicle accident. Two days after the accident the patient develops confusion and dyspnea.  The nursing student informs the nursing instructor that the patient may have developed…

          Which precautions/instructions should you provide to the patient who is scheduled to have a bone scan?

The nurse is performing an examination of a patient with a suspected rotator cuff injury. What physical assessment finding is consistent with this injury?

In assessing the patient with a significant right-sided closed head injury, the nurse would anticipate:

The bacterial disease called Murine respiratory mycoplasmosis is caused by which of the following agents?  

Following a craniotomy to relieve increased intracranial pressure (ICP), the nurse will:

What procedure is demonstrated in this picture? [Answer1]  Should this procedure be considered terminal? [Answer2]

Provide an appropriate response.Suppose a third-grade class had a project to determine how many pets they had. Describe questions that might be asked, how the data might be collected, how it might be analyzed, and how it might be interpreted.