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How many valence electrons are in a sulfur atom in the ground state?

How would you classify chlorine?  Metal, nonmetal, or metalloid?

The school nurse is preparing for scoliosis screenings in the middle school setting.  The nurse understands that scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine. Which of the following findings would the nurse expect to find in a student with scoliosis?  (Select all that apply)

A nurse is caring for an 11-month-old infant admitted for watery, green diarrhea; vomiting; and fever. He is diagnosed with gastroenteritis with no known source at this time. Which nursing diagnosis should be the highest priority?      

The nurse is caring for a child with sickle cell disease who has a vaso-occlusive crisis.  Which of the following interventions must be initiated? Select all that apply.

The nurse is educating the foster parents of an infant born to an HIV+ mother.  The nurse should include which of the following in the education to the foster parents?

You are the RN that is caring for a 2-week old infant that was admitted for reaped projectile vomiting.  During the interview with the mom, she tells you that the baby was a good eater but is now vomiting everything.  The baby was fussy and dehydrated so the pediatrician asked the mom to come to the ED.  As the nurse, you suspect pyloric stenosis.  You know that the most likely intervention will be:

The nurse is caring for a client with nephrotic syndrome on corticosteroid therapy. Which of the following actions by the nurse would represent appropriate discharge teaching for the parents of this client?

Which assessment finding would indicate early hypovolemic shock?

The nurse is performing a neurological assessment on a 6-year-old child with a head injury. The assessment reveals adduction of the arms at the shoulders, flexion of the arms on the chest, extension and adduction of the lower extremities. The nurse recognizes that these assessment findings indicate which of the following?