The sensation of pain has been defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain as:

The patient reports to the nurse that every time the right arm is raised, pain in the right shoulder is triggered. The nurse charts this as an example of a(n):

Two patients are hospitalized with the same diagnosis, but one is 23 years old, with acute recent pain from an injury, and the other is 64 years old, with pain of long-standing duration of several years. The difference in anticipated assessment is which of the following?

A TSI tube inoculated with an organism gave the following reactions: alkaline slant, acid butt, no H2S. no gas produced. This organism is most likely:

This NLF gram-negative bacilli  was inoculated to a TSI tube and gave the following reactions: alkaline slant/acid butt, H2S positive, Gas positive This organism is most likely:

Gram negative bacteria are known to produce endotoxins; what is the toxin that Salmonella produces as its virulence factor causing gastroenteritis?

Name 3 characteristics all members of the ENTEROBACTERIACEA family have in common: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

A medical technologist is working on a stool culture from a patient with severe, bloody diarrhea.  She wants to set up biochemicals to differentiate Shigella and E.coli.  Which of the following tests would be the most appropriate?

During rounds, you enter room and find client laying on floor. What should you do first?

A client is admitted for a chronic illness and asks the nurse about advance directives. which statement by the nurse is most accurate?