The nurse is working in a women’s health clinic. A client has a prenatal visit at eight weeks gestation with her significant other and asks about screening recommendations for congenital defects. The client has a brother with cystic fibrosis and a cousin with sickle cell anemia. Realizing the inheritance pattern, the provider recommends screening for 

A 21 year old patient presents with right sided ear pain that began 2 days ago. The advanced practice nurse examines the patient’s right tympanic membranes with an otoscope.  He sees that the tympanic membrane is red, bulging, with a loss of light reflex and loss of bony landmarks.  These examination findings describe which of the following: 

The advanced practice nurse should expect to see which of the following when doing an otoscopic exam on a 2 day old newborn’s ears:

A pediatric patient is ordered a medication dose of 10mg/m2/day by mouth for 7 days.  The patient weighs 46 lbs and is 3 ft 9 in.  What is the daily dose of medication the patient will receive?

An electronic balance is used to determine that a sample has a mass of 2.45629 g. If the balance’s precision is ±3 mg, what is the correct number of significant figures for this measurement?

Express the result of the following calculation in scientific notation: 655 cm × 649 cm

When describing the history of present illness, the patient tells the advanced practice nurse that he has “bad breath.”  He has tried breath mints but they do not work.  The advanced practice nurse starts to critically think about this symptom and considers the following:

Which of the following examination findings are common when examining the pregnant woman? Choose all answers that apply. 

A pediatric patient has a body surface area of 0.88 m2.  The physician orders an IV medication that has a normal adult dose of 125 mg.  You’re supplied with a vial that reads 301 mg/mL.  How many mL will you administer to the patient?

Which of the following elements belongs to the alkaline earth metals series?