You see a child with a bloody nose; you run to the child and push the child's head forward onto the child's chest

You do this action instinctively because you know without thinking that this action will prevent blood from going down the child's throat. You are acting using which mode of thinking?
1. total recall
2. habit
3. creativity
4. inquiry


ANS: 2

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A true statement describing the differences in the pediatric genitourinary system compared with the adult genitourinary system is that

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Which baby would not be a candidate to receive Rho (D) immune globulin (RhoGAM)?

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