A 29-year-old patient with severe bipolar mania is ordered valproate sodium 1,000 mg IVPB to infuse over 90 minutes. Premixed bag labeled 500 mg in 50 mL is in the medication machine.. The tubing drop factor is 15 gtt/mL.   What infusion rate (mL/hr) should the pump be set at?  mL/hr (round to the nearest whole number) What is the drip rate in gtt/min if a pump is not available?   gtt/min(Round to the nearest whole number.)

A 47-year-old patient was admitted involuntarily to the hospital after attempting suicide following their daughter’s death in an automobile accident. During the assessment interview, the patient begins to describe their daughter. The patient’s voice trembles, and they begin crying. Then the patient smiles superficially at the nurse and states, “I’ll get over this. I think all I need to do is stay overnight. I’ll be as good as new by tomorrow.” Which response by the nurse would be most appropriate?

A 31-year-old female psychiatric patient is talking to a nurse on the medical-surgical unit about her reasons for being hospitalized. The patient begins to discuss their relationship with their same-sex partner. The patient is describing the things in their relationship that cause discomfort, and she asks the nurse, “Should I break up with my partner?” Which response by the nurse would be most effective in building rapport between the patient and nurse?

For the following argument, identify the important claims by copying and pasting them into MindMup in another tab, give the ultimate conclusion the number 1, and map the arguments. After you have finished mapping all of the arguments in Mastery Check 3.2, in MindMup, click File –> Share and type rsaucedo@lamar.edu to share your maps with me for grading, just as you did for the MindMup – Honorlock Test.“Think about your mother, your favorite sweater, a book you’re reading, your very body. All of these things reside in what philosophers call ‘the external world.’ They belong to the reality outside your mind. The internal world, in contrast, is comprised of your feelings, thoughts and other psychological events that occur inside your mind. We tend to take for granted that the external world and the internal world are both real. As strange as it might seem, however, you shouldn’t believe that the external world exists. After all, if you’re not certain that something is true then you shouldn’t believe it, right? But if you can doubt a belief then you can’t be certain the belief is true which means that you shouldn’t believe anything that it’s possible for you to doubt. But now, take a moment to consider your beliefs about the external world. You can doubt that the external world exists, because for all you know, you could be hallucinating everything that you experience.”

Which of the following antiemetic drugs is suitable for motion sickness?

Choose one other postmortem condition that is not a discoloration. Define the condition and discuss a pathology or other condition that may cause or create the condition you chose. 

Bacterial chromosome replication is:

In your own words, discuss the main steps of embalming an unautopsied decedent with no major trauma, pathologies, organ donation, etc. (a “normal” or “average” case). 

A conditioning program consists of:

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