The nurse is assessing the patient's soft palate and notes erythema. Which is the possible reason for this finding?
1) Congenital defect
2) Cleft palate
3) Infection
4) Trauma
ANS: 3
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When Congress decides that states, rather than the federal government, will administer a program, money is given to states as block grants. One effect of block grants is
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A patient who immigrated to the United States from Honduras was diagnosed with schizophrenia. The patient took an antipsychotic medication for 3 weeks but showed no improvement
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