Ms. Smith is a 29-year-old patient at the outpatient psychiatric clinic. While completing her assessment you notice her hands are red, raw, and show signs of recent bleeding. She explains that she washes all her clothes in bleach, and uses the chemical to clean her hands several times a day. She states “I need to sterilize myself and my environment of all germs so I do not get sick.” While developing her nursing plan of care, you educate her about the importance of bacteria to the health and well being of not only humans, but also our planet.

You understand that along with a pH test, a microscopic view is needed to perform the ferning test to detect an amniotic fluid leak. The patient sample is prepared on a glass slide, stained with methylene blue, and examined under 1000x total magnification. Which type of microscope will be used to make this observation of the patient sample?

Viruses may also be transmitted to patients, even though they differ from bacteria in that viruses are ________.

What best describes the morphology of a calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal under polarized microscopy?

Thomas Weelkes and Thomas Morley are names associated with what historical feature?

Luther’s chorales were meant to be sung

The chorale is primarily associated with which branch of Protestantism?

Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece was commissioned for the benefit of whom?

Which Northern Renaissance artist was reputed to have perfected oil painting in such works

Crystallized intelligence is the ability to use one’s mind actively to solve novel problems.