A 5-month old boy is being treated for viral croup. The parents tell the nurse that their 7-year old daughter just recovered from the same condition. What is the nurse’s BEST response when the mother asks, “Why is my baby so sick that he needs to be hospitalized for the same illness?”

The nurse is ready to begin a physical examination of an 8-month old infant who is sitting contentedly on the mother’s lap. Which task should the nurse complete first?

A 7-year old child arrives via ambulance with a history of asthma. The child’s oxygen saturation is 90% on a simple face-mask at 6 liters/minute yet slowly declining. The child is audibly wheezing, grunting, nasal flaring and looks “panicky”. His capillary refill is greater than 3 seconds. What interventions should the nurse anticipate for this child? Choose all that apply.

During a physical examination on a client with a suspected musculoskeletal disorder; what is performed first?

In a client with Guillain-Barré syndrome, it was determined that the possibility of performing plasmapheresis is low. Which other alternative treatment can be recommended that will produce the same effect as plasmapheresis?

A client has nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath and overwhelming fear. Which disorder is associated with the findings?

f(x) = 3×5 + 4×2 + 2 has no positive real root.

The graph of fx=3x-1x+2x-1x-2{“version”:”1.1″,”math”:”<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mi>f</mi><mfenced><mi>x</mi></mfenced><mo>=</mo><mfrac><mrow><mn>3</mn><mfenced><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>-</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></mfenced><mfenced><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>+</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfenced></mrow><mrow><mfenced><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>-</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></mfenced><mfenced><mrow><mi>x</mi><mo>-</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></mfenced></mrow></mfrac></math>”} has a vertical asymptote at x = 2 and x = 1.

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Evaluate (do not use a calculator): 4 log 1000