Aclient at 40 weeks' gestation is admitted to the birthing unit, and an amniotomy is performed to facilitate labor. once the nurse determines that the umbilical cord has not prolapsed, what is her next action?

The pediatrician at the clinic explains to parents of a newborn that their child suffers from cleft palate. she tells them that the normal palate fused in an anterior to posterior pattern. the child's palatine processes have not fused. have his palatine bones fused normally? explain. 3. bernice, a 75 year old woman, stumbled slightly while walking, then felt a terrible pain in her left hip. at the hospital, x-rays revealed that the hip was broken. also, the compact and spongy bones throughout her spine were very thin. what was her probable condition? treatment? 4. at work, a box fell from a shelf onto bertha's acrominal region. in the emergency room, the physical reveled that the head of the humerus had moved into the axilla. what had happened to bertha?

You began membership in a new health and fitness club which has access to a dietician and personal trainer. they you develop a special eight-week diet and exercise program. the data in the following table represents your weight, w, as a function of time, t, over an eight-week period. time (weeks) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 weight (lb) 150 144 143 141 140 137 137 132 129 your weight decreases during each of the first five weeks of the program. determine the actual change in weight over the first five weeks of the program by subtracting your initial weight from your weight at the end of the first five weeks. what is the sign of your answer? what is the significance of this sign? a. 137-150 = -13 lb; a change in weight is negative because the weight decreases. b. 137-150 = 13 lb; a change in weight is positive because the weight decreases. c. 150-137 = -13 lb; a change in weight is negative because the weight increases. d. 150-137 = 13 lb; a change in weight is positive because the weight increases.

Burns are devastating and debilitating because of loss of fluids and electrolytes from the body. how do physicians estimate the extent of burn damage associated with such dangerous fluid loss?