The school nurse is assisting the teacher in the third-grade science class. A little girl asks where the thickest part of the epidermis is. What should the nurse answer?
A) The scalp
B) The elbows
C) The palms of the hands
D) The knees
Ans: C
Feedback: The epidermis is the thickest over the palms of the hands and the soles of the feet. This makes options A, B, and D incorrect.
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The nurse takes a telephone order from a primary care provider for 40 mEq potassium chloride in 100 mL of sterile water for injection to be infused over 4 hours. Which action must the nurse take to ensure the accuracy of the order?
1) Repeat the order to the prescriber even if she believes she understood the order correctly. 2) Immediately notify the pharmacy of the order and verify it with a pharmacist. 3) Ask the unit secretary to listen to the prescriber on the phone to verify the order. 4) Transcribe the order onto note paper and verify the dosage in a drug handbook.
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a. This defect results from an embryonal failure of the foregut to differentiate into the trachea and esophagus. b. It is a fistula between the esophagus and stomach that results in the oral intake being refluxed and aspirated. c. An extra connection between the esophagus and trachea develops because of genetic abnormalities. d. The defect occurs in the second trimester of pregnancy.