Determine the IV infusion rate in milliliters per hour. Prescription: Rocephin (ceftriaxone sodium) 0.5 g IV 30 minutes before surgery (pharmacy label solution volume 100 mL, rate 30 minutes) How many mL/hour will your infuse? __________ mL/hr Answer format example: X mL/hr

A client who is being treated for pneumonia reports sudden shortness of breath. An arterial blood gas (ABG) is drawn. The ABG has the following values: pH 7.21, PaCO2 64 mm Hg, HCO3 24 mm Hg. Which condition does the ABG reflect?

This group of American colonists supported the British government during the Revolutionary War; some joined the British military and fought the Continental Army.

True or False. Given  is the set of all real numbers and, 

The following data set shows the time (in minutes) for 16 New York City Friday morning taxicab rides*. Use this data to answer the following questions. 5  7  7  7  8  10  10  12  12  13  15  17  17  40  42  66 Find , the 70th percentile.  Show all work. Find , the first quartile.  Show all work.   Use your answer from part b to fill in the blanks and choose the correct terms: Approximately ______% of the taxicab rides were shorter than/longer than _____ minutes. *A portion of an actual data set from your book. Taxirides were randomly selected from a total of 703 rides.

The following values are the number of chocolate chips found in three Chips Ahoy cookies*.  19   26   27 Find the sample standard deviation for the above three values by hand.  You may use a calculator, but not Excel. Round the final answer to the nearest hundredth (two numbers after the decimal point). Show all work. *A portion of real data found in your text.    

In each of the following examples, explain the error in reasoning. An advertisement claims to be able to reduce blood pressure by 250%.  Explain why this is not possible. A election pollster calls a potential voter and asks, “Do you plan to vote for Thompson, knowing that he is soft on crime?”  Explain why this question will likely not lead to an authentic answer. A clinic calls patients and asks them to rate their experience on a recent doctor visit.  Explain why the results of such calls will likely not represent all patients’ experiences.

Fill in the blank. If the variance for a data set is 16 inches squared, the standard deviation is _________ (include unit). Which of the following is more extreme: a height with a z-score of -1.96 or a weight with a z-score of 1.44?  Explain. You would like a simple random sample of candy bars from a local gas station.  Describe how you could get such a sample.

A drug that blocks a neurotransmitter’s action is called a(n):

Brain plasticity refers to: