The nurse provides discharge instructions to a patient with an above-the-knee amputation who will be fitted with a prosthesis when healing is complete, and the residual limb is well molded. The nurse determines that additional teaching is necessary when the patient says,

Solve the problem.During a department store sale, 30 shoppers bought only clothing, 5 shoppers bought only towels, and 15 shoppers bought both clothing and towels. If 100 people shopped that day and a shopper is chosen at random, what is the probability that the shopper has bought towels?

 Billy Bob owns a pet store that sells rodents to educational programs.  What governmental agency does he need to be licensed by?   

The nursing student is caring for a patient who has sustained multiple injuries, including long bone fractures, in a motor vehicle accident. Two days after the accident the patient develops confusion and dyspnea.  The nursing student informs the nursing instructor that the patient may have developed…

          Which precautions/instructions should you provide to the patient who is scheduled to have a bone scan?

The nurse is performing an examination of a patient with a suspected rotator cuff injury. What physical assessment finding is consistent with this injury?

In assessing the patient with a significant right-sided closed head injury, the nurse would anticipate:

The bacterial disease called Murine respiratory mycoplasmosis is caused by which of the following agents?  

Following a craniotomy to relieve increased intracranial pressure (ICP), the nurse will:

What procedure is demonstrated in this picture?   Should this procedure be considered terminal?