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1. A congenital heart abnormality often discovered during the newborn period is coarctation of the aorta. How is this assessed? 2. A child who can stack a maximum of 5 blocks is probably: 3. A 6 yr old child who has moderate persistent asthma is diagnosed with pneumonia after chest x-ray and lab studies. He developed a sudden onset of fever with chills. He is in no distress. What is the preferred treatment for him? 4.A healthy appearing 3-yr old female presents with non-blanchable redne...

1. According to the Collison and Parcell textbook, the process of creating knowledge begins with _____________. 2. In second-generation KM, Knowledge Life Cycles are seen as: 3. According to economists (Knapp, 1988), ___________ is becoming the most important product in the United States. 4. According to the Collison and Parcell textbook, Knowledge Management is about all of the following processes except: 5. Learning and innovation is a(n): 6. The four pillars that support KM ini...

1. A data set is … in the frequency table below. Using the table, determine the number of values less than or equal to 5. Give your answer … as a single number. For example if you found the number of values was 19, you would enter 19. 2. Given the frequency table, how many times does the data value 3show up in the data set? 3. A group of students were … about the number of siblings they have. The frequencies and relative frequencies of their responses are … in the below. Complete t...

Sudden, brief, rapid jerks, involving the trunk or limbs may be consistent with: Which of the following neurological assessment findings indicate the need for further evaluation? An example of proximal weakness is: A female patient complains of weakness in her hand when opening a jar. This finding could be suggestive of which type of weakness pattern? A patient presents with an altered level of consciousness. He/she is considered in a stuporous state if he/she: One way to assess cerebellar ...

1. ______ is the arbitrary, socially constructed classification of individuals often based on physical distinctions such as skin color, hair texture, face form, and eye shape. (ch. 1) 2. Who is the researcher whose model of spirituality or religion is most commonly associated with the Young Adult, the Tested Adult, and the Mature Adult? 3. _________ is the characteristics shared by a particular group such as Asian Americans, females, and those living in poverty. (ch. 1) 4. ________ is t...

What is considered the gold standard diagnostic radiology test for appendicitis? Pulsusparadoxus greater than 20 mm Hg, tachycardia greater than 130 beats per minute, and increasing dyspnea are signs of: A 5-year-old is complaining of nondescriptive "belly pain." Your next action should be to ask him to: You are caring for a patient with trigeminal neuralgia. During the assessment, the patient would describe the pain as: Ms. Green is an 85-year-old female patient with dementia who presents...

1. A useful scale for staging individuals with dementia and determining the possible need for palliative care is 2. Significant depression and a desire to hasten death in a terminally ill older adult are 3. The use of feeding tubes, either nasogastric or percutaneous, at the end of life 4. The principles of palliative care include all of the following EXCEPT 5. In patients using chronic opioid analgesia for significant pain, the need to increase dosage over time to achieve adequate a...

1. When recording assessments during the construction of the problem-oriented medical record, the examiner should: 2. What finding is unique to the documentation of a physical examination of an infant? 3. The quality of a symptom, such as pain, is subjective information that should be: 4. When communicating with older children & teenagers, you should be sensitive to their: 5. J.M. has been seen in your clinic for 5 years. She presents today with signs & symptoms of acute sinusitis. The type ...

1. Bronchovesicular breath sounds in young children that are loud and harsh are an indication of: 2. On a CXR, which of the following is true of the diaphragm? 3. Which of the following statements is most accurate in describing hepatic jugular reflux? 4. Chest pain in a child with an organic cause is more likely the result of: 5. The American Thoracic Society suggests replacing the term rales with: 6. Heart position can vary depending on body habitus. In a short, stocky individual, you woul...

1. Which of the following percussion notes would you obtain over the gastric bubble? (Points : 2) 2. Which of the following anatomic landmark associations is correct? (Points : 2) 3. Which of the following is consistent with good percussion technique? (Points : 2) 4. A mother brings her infant to you because of a rattle in his chest with breathing. Which of the following would you hear if there is a problem in the upper airway? (Points : 12) 5. Which of the following conditions would produc...