The nurse in the clinic is assessing a new patient who has abdominal obesity and hypertension. What further assessment should the nurse do to determine risk factors for possible metabolic syndrome?

A patient with hypertension who received a new prescription for atenolol returns to the health clinic after 6 weeks for a follow-up visit. BP is unchanged from the previous clinic visit. Which action by the nurse will be MOST helpful?

A patient who has been successfully losing 1 lb weekly for several months is weighed at the clinic and has not lost any weight for the last month. Which action should the nurse do FIRST?

A nurse in the emergency department is admitting a patient complaining of dizziness and burning epigastric pain that has not improved with rest.  When asking the patient about the history of present illness, which question should the nurse ask first?

A new graduate nurse is obtaining an automated blood pressure reading on an adult patient with obesity. Which of the following actions by the new graduate nurse would require an intervention by an observing nurse?

The patient is ordered Vancomycin 15 mg/kg/dose for surgical prophylaxis, due within 60 minutes of first incision prior to bariatric surgery. The patient weighs 352 pounds.   How many mg will the nurse administer per dose? 

Name this structure of reproductive anatomy.

Name these cartilage structures.

In people, dangling earlobes (D) are dominant to attached earlobes (d). Which Punnett square represents a cross between a homozygous recessive male and heterozygous female? (Look carefully and be sure to pay attention to the sexes in your cross!)

Name this structure of the reproductive system.