Of the following individuals, who is most likely to have a physiological split S2 heart sound?

Upon examination of a child, an innocent systolic murmur is heard at the second intercostal space left sternal border. This is usually due to:

A 35-year-old recent immigrant is being seen in the clinic for complaints of a cough that is associated with rust-colored sputum, low-grade afternoon fevers, and night sweats for the past 2 months. The nurse practitioner’s preliminary analysis, based on this history, is that this patient may be suffering from:

Brady is complaining of a thick productive cough for five days.  He states that it has changed color recently and is now a greenish yellow. After examining Brady you discover that he has diminished breath sounds over his posterior left lower lobe region.  Although not part of the evidenced-based outpatient protocol, you order a sputum culture to determine if the possible consolidation is bacterial in origin. Which of the following is true concerning cultures?

What dispersion pattern is common with prey animals and fruiting plants, which often attracts predators?

The nurse practitioner notes hyperresonant percussion tones when percussing the thorax of an infant. The nurse practitioner’s best action would be to:

A 75-year-old patient complains of pain and parasthesias in the right foot that worsens with exercise and is relieved by rest. On physical examination of the right foot, you note pallor, capillary refill of 4 seconds, and +1 dorsalis pedis pulse. In the left foot, you note a +2 pulse. Which of the following is a likely cause of the signs and symptoms?

You are a student in the vascular surgery clinic. You are asked to perform a physical examination on a patient with known peripheral vascular disease in the legs. Which of the following aspects is important to note when you perform your examination of his lower extremities?

A nurse is caring for an older adult client with dementia who becomes increasingly confused, agitated, and restless in the late afternoon and evening. Which intervention should the nurse prioritize to help manage this client’s symptoms of Sundowner’s Syndrome?

Stetson works as an attendant for the New York Smokies professional basketball team. Stetson was given explicit directions not to allow anyone onto the court, regardless of the situation. The Smokies team doctor is absent due to illness, and the other usual medical personnel (both teams’ trainers) are unavailable as they have just gone to the locker room to treat two injured players; suddenly, a third player passes out. The player is unconscious, and the game comes to a sudden halt. Three fans – a primary care physician, a registered nurse, and an EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) rush down to the scene, and Stetson – recognizing that these three persons are there to take care of the player – lets them onto the court while still keeping onlookers and others without medical training from proceeding onto the court.  It turns out the player had fainted from an unknown heart problem and needed emergency aid. The three medical specialists revived the player, and he was transported to a hospital for tests, treatment, and a full recovery. The Smokies, though, decide to fire Stetson for allowing people onto the court. Is the firing justified?