Frances is a 92-year-old woman you see at the nursing home.  She has multiple co-morbidities including diabetes, CAD, congestive heart failure, COPD, and  hyperlipidemia,  She was recently hospitalized with pneumonia, and in part of the work up a chest CT was performed that captured, the upper part of her abdomen and showed a large gallstone in her gallbladder.  She is asymptomatic for cholecystitis or dysfunction, but she and her family are concerned that this will create a problem if it is left untreated.  The surgeon has expressed concern about her ability to survive a surgery to remove the gallbladder.  What would you advise? 

List and describe one strategy that might enhance discourse in your classroom. How will this affect vocabulary growth?

Which is a description of receptive vocabulary?

What are the three basic elements of reading comprehension?

What do similes, metaphors and idioms all have in common?

How is socioeconomic status likely to impact a student’s vocabulary growth?

What is the best reading comprehension strategy for readers to do before reading?

All of the following are primary goals of specific word instruction EXCEPT for which one?

A 48-year-old with a new diagnosis of chronic low back pain requests a prescription for opioids. Which of the following is the most appropriate response?

Up to 25% of bulimia patients have a particular personality disorder. What is the common personality disorder among bulimia patients?