It is your first day as an intern at a dental clinic. Your job is to sterilize the tools after they are used to clean a patient’s teeth. The dental assistant that was training you had to leave early due to a family emergency and didn’t have a chance to tell you how to sterilize the tools. You have found an ultraviolet lamp, an autoclave, a refrigerator, and a membrane filtration system. Which piece of equipment will you use to sterilize the equipment? How does this physical control method kill microbes?

What type of alternative therapy is the nurse practicing when using essential oils to provide inhalation treatments?

Which of the following is not sterilize materials?

The nurse is educating a patient regarding reflexology. Information includes that reflexology is a therapy based on the theory that the entire body can be reached by applying pressure to specific areas. Where is pressure mainly applied?

Which step of carbohydrate catabolism involve using 2 molecules of ATP, and producing 2 NADH, 2 3-carbon molecules, and a net production of 2 ATP?

The process of bacteria reproduction is called _______ .

Hydrogen peroxide destroys vegetative cells by producing reactive oxygen species.

A hospital room for a tuberculosis patient will most likely contain a(n) _____ to remove Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the air.

A patient is complaining of feelings of mild anxiety.  What is the best description of the feelings the patient is experiencing?

Place the nursing process in the correct order. (Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D.)   A. Assessment/gather data B. Evaluation C. Implementation D. Patient problem E. Planning F. Outcome Identification