A school age child is in the clinic because of symptoms of purulent, foul-smelling nasal discharge from the right nostril. Nasal visualization reveals something shiny in a mass of mucous in the nasal cavity. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) do? Attempt to remove the mass gently using alligator forceps. Correct Perform a saline nasal rinse using a water jet device. Refer the child to a pediatric otolaryngologist. Suction the mucoid mass using a bulb syringe.

Let’s assume that we want to estimate the effect of tech innovation on individual wealth in a nation. We can measure individual wealth in a nation with GDP per capita. We can measure tech innovation with the number of patents or the number of science journal publications. In addition, we want to measure the Covid-19 pandemic effect on individual wealth as well. Therefore, we construct the dataset as follows: Patent: the number of patents in a country GDPcapita : GDP per capita = GDP/population GDPgrowth: GDP growth rate SCJournal: the number of scientific journal publications HighTechExport: the share of high-tech export in GDP Unemploy: Unemployment rate Covid: 1 data comes from 2020 (during the pandemic); 0 data comes from before the COVID-19 pandemic period. Here, GDP per capita is: ________________.

What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner teach the parents of a child who has new pressure-equalizing tubes (PET) in both ears? Parents should notice improved hearing in their child. Correct PET will help by reducing the number of ear infections the child has. The child should use earplugs when showering or bathing. The tubes will most likely remain in place for 3 to 4 years.

A ________ allows a company to compare their financial performance with other companies or ________.

OxyContin was eventually reformulated so it could not be easily crushed and abused. 

The parent of a 4-month-old infant is concerned that the infant cannot hear. Which test will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner order to evaluate potential hearing loss in this infant? Acoustic reflectometry Audiometry Auditory brainstem response (ABR) Correct Evoked otoacoustic emission (EOAE) testing

There is a population linear regression, as follows:

For maximum effectiveness sustainable strategies are often implemented at which stage of an organization’s value chain?

Advanced bonus question (5 points) There is a sample linear regression with interaction term as follows:  

The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner performs a Hirschberg test to evaluate what? Color vision Ocular alignment Correct Peripheral vision Visual acuity