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A homeless adult presents to the emergency department.  The nurse obtains the vital signs:  Temperature 33.5 degrees Celsius, pulse 56 beats/min, respiratory rate 12 breaths/min, blood pressure 100/56 mm Hg.  Which vital sign needs to be addressed immediately?  

A client on your unit is getting sicker but remains alert and oriented. Three days after admission, you notice he seems depressed. He tells you, “I’m tired of being sick. I wish I could end it all.” What is the most accurate and informative way to record this data in the nurses’ notes? 

The unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP, often a certified nursing assistant) is taking vital signs and reports that a client’s blood pressure is abnormally low. What is the best action by the nurse? 

Describe, in order, the steps of cellular respiration. Be sure to include inputs, outputs, and locations of each process.

For the Galapagos Islands finch species Geospiza fortis, drought conditions produced a change in the population in which the next generation had larger beaks than the previous one. What produced this change in the population?

You are a crime scene investigator, and the only evidence you are able to gather at the crime scene are some strands of hair. You want to see whether a suspect in custody was at the crime scene. What technique would you use to try and connect the suspect to the crime scene?

Match the organelle on the right with its function on the left.

Which of the following is a correct pairing of complementary bases in DNA?

A farmer wants to reduce his need to use insecticides on his corn crop to save money. He plants 80 percent of his field with Bt corn but has to plant the remaining 20 percent with corn that has not been genetically modified. What is the reason for planting only 80 percent of his field with Bt corn if planting 100 percent Bt corn would reduce his need for insecticide even further?

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