Input: Done in a routine way; indifferent The machinelike bank teller processed the transaction and gave the waiting customer a PERFUNCTORY smile. [assuage]

Output: perfunctory

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Input: To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation Upon learning that the couple married after knowing each other only two months, friends and family members expected such a PRECIPITATE marriage to end in divorce. [assuage]

Output: precipitate

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Input: Lavish, wasteful The PRODIGAL son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure. [assuage]

Output: prodigal

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Input: To conciliate; to appease The management PROPITIATED the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members. [assuage]

Output: propitiate

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Input: Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs The aristocracy maintained a high level of PROPRIETY, adhering to even the most minor social rules. [assuage]

Output: propriety

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Input: Motionless Many animals are QUIESCENT over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy. [assuage]

Output: quiescent

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Input: To make thinner or sparser Since the atmosphere RAREFIES as altitudes increase, the air at the top of very tall mountains is too thin to breathe. [assuage]

Output: rarefy

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Input: To reject the validity of The old woman's claim that she was the Russian royalty was REPUDIATED when DNA tests showed she was of no relation to them. [assuage]

Output: repudiate

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Input: Causing sleep or lethargy The movie proved to be so SOPORIFIC that soon loud snores were heard throughout the theater. [assuage]

Output: soporific

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Input: Unemotional; lacking sensitivity The prisoner appeared STOLID and unaffected by the judge's harsh sentence. [assuage]

Output: stolid

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Input: Extreme mental and physical sluggishness After surgery, the patient experienced TORPOR until the anesthesia wore off. [assuage]

Output: torpor

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Input: Filled with truth and accuracy She had a reputation for VERACITY, so everyone trusted her description of events. [assuage]

Output: veracity

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Input: Wordy The professor's answer was so VERBOSE that the student forgot what the original question had been. [assuage]

Output: verbose

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Input: Flush the tubing with NS, administer diluted Dilantin, and then flush with NS. Dilantin should be diluted in a saline solution and the IV tubing should be flushed before and after admin because a dextrose solution will cause drug precipitation.

Output: The nurse is preparing to administer phenytoin (Dilantin) IV push. The client has an IV of D5W 0.45 NS at 50 ml/hr. What action should the nurse implement?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: "The medication provides symptom management, but the effects may not last." PD is treated with meds and surgery. The meds have side effects & adverse effects, & the effectiveness of the meds may be reduced over time.

Output: This statement made by the wife of a client diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) indicates that teaching about the medication regimen has been effective?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: The carbidopa delays the breakdown of the levodopa in the periphery so more dopamine gets to the brain. In PD there is a ↓amt of dopamine in the brain. Carbidopa delays the breakdown of levodopa (Dopamine) in the periphery so that more of the levodopa crosses the blood-brain barrier and reaches the brain.

Output: What statement indicates a scientific rationale for the combination drug carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) prescribed for PD?

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Input: The client diagnosed with glaucoma. Glaucoma is affected by any med that has the effect of drying secretions. Anticholinergic medications block cholinergic receptors in the eye and may precipitate or aggravate glaucoma.

Output: What client diagnosed with PD should the nurse question administering the anti-cholinergic medication benztropine (Cogentin)?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: Instruct the client to rise slowly from a seated or lying position. Teach about on-off effects of the medication. Tell the client that the sweat and urine may become darker. Initially levodopa can cause orthostatic hypotension. The pt should be taught to rise slowly to prevent falls. The pt may experience and "on" effect of symptom control when the med is effective and and "off" effect near the time for the next dose of med. Pts should be warned that darkening of the urine & sweat is a harmless side effect of this med.

Output: The nurse is caring for a client newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease who is receiving the anti-Parkinson's disease med levodopa. Which interventions should the nurse implement?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: The med dosage will start low and gradually ↑over a few weeks. Anticonvulsant dosages usually start↓ & gradually ↑over a period of weeks until the serum drug level is within therapeutic range or the seizures stop.

Output: The pt newly diagnosed with epilepsy is prescribed an anticonvulsant med. What information should the nurse tell the client?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: Have the pts urinal readily available. This med relaxes the urinary sphincters and ↑voiding pressure by contracting the detrusor muscle of the bladder; therefore, the client will need to have a urinal available for frequent urination.

Output: The male pt diagnosed with urinary retention is receiving Urecholine, a muscarinic agonist, med. What intervention should the nurse implement?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: A 69 year old pt diagnosed with glaucoma. Atropine is contraindicated in a client with glaucoma because atropine causes mydriasis (my·dri·a·sis) and paralysis of the ciliary muscle, which would ↑intraocular pressure and may cause blindness.

Output: What pt would the nurse question administering the muscarinic antagonist atropine?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: The pts respiratory rate is 10. The primary effect of a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker is relaxation of skeletal muscles, producing a state of flaccid paralysis. Paralysis of the respiratory muscles can cause respiratory arrest. Therefore, a respiratory rate of 10 would warrant immediate intervention by the nurse.

Output: The pt is undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depression and is on a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker. Which data would warrant immediate intervention by the nurse?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: Atropine, a muscarinic antagonist. The pt reports living off the land, and the symptoms reported are clinical manifestations of muscarinic poisoning from eating wild mushrooms. Therefore, the nurse should anticipate administering the antidote, which is atropine.

Output: The client is admitted into the emergency department complaining of profuse salivation, excessive tearing, and diarrhea. The pt tells the nurse he had been camping and living off the land. What med would the nurse anticipate administering?

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Input: The med can cause drowsiness that may make driving unsafe. The med acts on the CNS and can cause drowsiness. The pt should be warned not to drive until the pt understands the effects on his or her body. Driving could be dangerous for the pt and others.

Output: The client is diagnosed with low back pain and is prescribed the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril). What instructions should the clinic nurse teach the client?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: Ask the pt to lie flat for 15 min following the IV infusion. The pt should be kept recumbent during and for at least 15 min following the administration of Robaxin IV to reduce the risk orthostatic hypotension.

Output: The pt is admitted with severe low back pain and prescribed the muscle relaxant methocarbamol (Robaxin), IVPB q8hrs. What nursing intervention has priority when administering this med?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: The pts apical pulse rate ↑ to 68. Atropine ↓vagal stimulation, ↑HR, and is the med of choice to treat symptomatic bradycardia - weakness, dizziness, and lightheadedness. An ↑HR indicates the med is effective

Output: A pt complaining of weakness, dizziness, and lightheadedness is exhibiting a concerning telemetry strip. The nurse administered the antidysrythmic med atropine sulfate intravenously. What data indicates the med was effective?

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The client with a seizure disorder is prescribed the anticonvulsant phenytoin (Dilantin). A statement that indicates the client understands the medication teaching is?


Input: Prepare to administer atropine, IV push. Atropine is the drug of choice for asystole because it ↓vagal stimulation and ↑HR.

Output: The pt who is coding is in asystole. What action should the nurse implement first?

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Input: [1] weathering [2]

Output: a kind of change that happens when wind and water break down rock into smaller pieces

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Input: [1] erosion [2]

Output: a kind of change that happens when wind and water move sand and small rocks to a new place

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Input: [1] earthquake [2]

Output: a shaking of Earth's surface that can cause land to rise and fall

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Input: [1] volcano [2]

Output: a place where hot melted rock called lava comes out of the ground onto Earth's surface

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Input: [1] fossil [2]

Output: what is left of an animal or plant that lived long ago. It can be a print in rock or bones that have turned into rock.

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Input: [1] boulder [2]

Output: a very large rock

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Input: [1] mineral [2]

Output: solid matter found in nature that was never living. Rocks are usually made of many different minerals.

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Input: [1] soil [2]

Output: bits of rock mixed with matter that was once living.

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Input: [1] dinosaur [2]

Output: an animal that lived on Earth millions of years ago. Dinosaurs have become extinct.

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Input: [1] extinct [2]

Output: no longer living. Dinosaurs are extinct because none of them lives anymore.

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Input: [1] is the semi-liquid portion of the cell in which cell parts are located [2]

Output: cytoplasm

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Input: [1] The BLANK is referred to as the headquaters of cell operations [2]

Output: nucleus

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Input: [1] is the stucture found in plant cells, but not in animal cells, that carries out the proccess of photsynthesis [2]

Output: chloroplast

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Input: [1] proteins are manufactured by... also put together amino acids [2]

Output: ribosomes

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Input: [1] The BLANK surrounds the cell and regulates what enters and leaves the cell [2]

Output: Cell membrane

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Input: [1] provides the energy for the cell to perform life functions(cellular respiration) [2]

Output: mitochondria

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Input: [1] The BLANK surrounds the nucleus and controls what enters and leaves it. [2]

Output: nuclear membrane

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Input: [1] Structures that contain digestive enzymes to remove dead cell parts. [2]

Output: lysosomes

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Input: [1] Plant cells have a BLANK which provides support and strength to the cell. [2]

Output: cell wall

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Input: [1] Storange chambers within the cell are called [2]

Output: Vacuoles

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Input: [1] prepares, packages and ships cell products either within the cell or out of the cell and releases proteins [2]

Output: Golgi body

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Input: [1] Located within the nucleus, the BLANK is involved with ribosome syntehsis [2]

Output: Nucleolus

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Input: [1] Among other tasks, the BLANK serves as a transport system within the cell. [2]

Output: Rough ER

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Input: [1] The DNA material within the cell is wrapped around proteins and is called [2]

Output: Chromatin

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Input: [1] Only found in animal cells, the BLANK helps the cell to divide [2]

Output: Centriole

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Input: [1] Plant cells have this because of their demand for water [2]

Output: Giant water vacuole

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Input: increased preload increases both EVD and SV (due to ventricular stretch)

Output: what does an increase in preload due to SV and EDV

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: increased contractility causes increased SV with decreased EDV *EDV is lower because ESV is lower from increased contractility

Output: what does increased contractility due to SV and EDV

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: increased afterload causes decreased SV and therefore decreased venous return

Output: how does an increase in afterload affect venous return

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: preload - EDV afterload - EDP contractility - EF

Output: what is used to measure: preload, contractility, and afterload

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: mitral stenosis

Output: what can artificially elevated the PAWP beyond the actual value of LVEDP *PAWP is used to measure the LVEDP

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: volume overloaded - ventricular dilatation to increased EDV and therefore SV pressure overloaded - ventricular hypertrophy to decrease the afterload and increase the SV

Output: contrast the cellular remodeling involved in pressure vs. volume overloaded states

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: the stretch eventually reaches it limit and EDP increases more than SV, there is also an increase in afterload due to increased radius and thinner ventricular wall. Lastly the dilatated myocytes overstretch the myofibrils causing decreased contractiliy

Output: how do myocytes that underwent ventricular dilatation eventually fail

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: increased cell death in newly hypertrophied myocytes that underwent eccentric or concentric hypertrophy, this causes more cells to undergo hypertrophy to compensate and a vicious cycle develops.

Output: what is cardiomyopathy of overload

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: B receptors ATN II receptors

Output: what two receptors are responsible for ventricular remodeling

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: benefit - increase CO and contractility initially adverse effect - decreased filling time and increased energy demand

Output: what are the beneficial and adverse effects of sinus tachycardia in systolic dysfunction

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: the treppe phenomenon is tachycardia causing increased contractility due increased Ca entry; however when the HR is high enough this reverses and actually decreases contractility

Output: reverse treppe phenomenon

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: blood being redistributed to to better ventilated upper lobes from edematous lower lobes

Output: what is cephalization in an x-ray

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Input: increased hydrostatic pressure in the pulmonary arteries secondary to increased LVEDP

Output: an increase in what starling force is associated with cardiogenic pulmonary edema

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: 1. decrease cardiac remodeling by ATN II and Aldosterone 2. decrease Na and H20 reaborption, this leads to decreased afterload and preload

Output: what are the benefits of ACEI/ARBs in patient with cardiac dysfunction

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: V1 - found on endothelial cells, causes vasocontriction and increases afterload and preload V2 - found in collecting ducts and stimulation increases H20 reabsorption

Output: differentiate V1 and V2 receptors

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: 1. atrial distention 2. ventricular distention 3. vascular distention

Output: what three things causes release of natriuretic peptides

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: BNP is found in high concentrations in heart failure, not lung disease

Output: what is used diagnostically to differentiate dyspnea caused by heart failure vs. lung disease

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: increased stretch causes increased affinity of troponin C for calcium, also increases passive elastic forces built-up by titin with increased elastic recoil

Output: what does SV increase with increased EDV

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: receptors are phosphorylated and digested by proteolytic enzymes released by lysosomes, protective by limiting the effects of sympathetic hyperactivity

Output: what happens to B1-recepivitytors on the heart during chronic sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: increased SV by increasing EDV, however afterload increases and may offset any benefits

Output: what is the initial benefit in ventricular dilatation

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: eccentric hypertrophy decreases afterload by increasing the thickness of ventricular wall, eventually fails itself due to myocyte dysfunction

Output: what ventricular remodeling occurs after ventricular dilatation

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: B-blockers ACE inhibitors

Output: what two drugs retard cell loss from apoptosis and necrosis by inhibiting maladaptive growth

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: J receptors (interstitial juxtacapillary receptors)

Output: what receptors are known to mediate dyspnea in LV failure

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: sinus tachycardia

Output: what is the earliest physical manifestation of systolic dysfunction

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: acute - suggests heart failure chronic - suggests chronic lung disease

Output: differentiate gradual vs. acute onset dyspnea on exertion

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: incrased ventricular EDP due to increased preload (venous return) from lower extremities or interstitial compartment

Output: why do patients develop orthopnea of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: blood vessel - vasoconsriction kidney - sodium and water retention heart - cellular hypertrophy and apoptosis adrenal gland - aldosterone secretion brain - vasopressin secretion

Output: effects of ATN II on: blood vessel, kidney, heart, adrenal gland, brain

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: NO oxygen free radicals TNF-a ATN II catecholamines calcium overload

Output: chemical inducers associated with myocyte apoptosis

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Input: 1. CAD 2. HTN heart disease 3. valvular (aortic/mitral)

Output: top three causes for LV failure

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: cardiac mast cells converts ATN I --> ATN II in heart

Output: where is chymase found

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Output: cardiomyopathy characterized by LV diastolic dysfunction with elevated EF

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: congestive cardiomyopathy

Output: cardiomyopathy characterized by simultaneous biventricular failure with systolic dysfunction

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: restrictive cardiomyopathy

Output: cardiomyopathy with both LV and RV diastolic dysfunction occuring at the same time

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: primary - myofiber disarray secondary - organized sarcomere appearance (added in parallel or series)

Output: differentiate sarcomere organization between primary and secondary hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: hypertrophic - thickened, fibrotic ventricular wall leading to decreased coronary artery perfusion, causes ischemic in situation with higher demand for oxygen congestive - RAAS activation causes increased afterload with increased oxygen demand to overcome the increased afterload

Output: differentiate the mechanism responsible for myocardial ischemia in hypertrophic vs. congestive cardiomyopathy

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: arterior leaflet of mitral valve coming in contract with the hypertrophied IV septum

Output: what causes the outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: HCM - decreased LV volume causes increased murmur intensity Aortic stenosis - decreased LV volume would decrease murmur intensity *valsalva is maneuver to decreased LV volume

Output: how would you distinguish the murmur heard in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from aortic stenosis

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: HCM - B-blockers and Ca channel blockers to decrease contractility, HR, and myocardial oxygen consumption congestive - B-blockers and ACE inhibitors to slow progression of cell loss restrictive - B-blockers to lower HR and increase filling time

Output: pharmacologic therapies used in: HCM, congestive and restrictive cardiomyopathies

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: increased BNP is present in restrictive cardiomyopathy

Output: lab finding useful for distinguishing restrictive cardiomyopathy from restrictive pericarditis

differentiate SV/EDV ratio (EF) in systolic vs. diastolic dysfunction


Input: [2] where [1]

Output: _____is the horses frog?


Input: [2] were [1]

Output: _____ you at the stable?


Input: [2] buy [1]

Output: I want to ___ a new harness.


Input: [2] by [1]

Output: I see the foal standing __ the gate.


Input: [2] what [1]

Output: ____ is the ponies name?


Input: [2] walrus [1]

Output: Is there a ______ at the zoo?


Input: A person’s ability to manage his or her family, career, and age group within the right sequence and the correct time period. [acculturation]

Output: age synchronization


Input: Provides the sense of being more than an isolated individual. [acculturation]

Output: belonging


Input: The pathways that individuals take through their lives and how these pathways are influenced and intersected by life stages and historical eras. [acculturation]

Output: biographical life course


Input: Ideals of age-related progressions or sequences of roles and group memberships that individuals are expected to follow as they mature and move through life, such as the idea there is a specific age at which to marry and have children. [acculturation]

Output: cultural life course


Input: A group’s distinctive way of life and its physical environment and includes values, beliefs, attitudes, artistic expressions, and the total man-made environments that are handed down from generation to generation. [acculturation]

Output: culture


Input: Assistance from private and public agencies that are equipped to handle repetitive and uniform services, such as health care, homedelivered meals, or homemaker's services. [acculturation]

Output: formal support network


Input: Family and friends who can provide physical care and emotional support. [acculturation]

Output: informal support network


Input: Occurs when people working together satisfy their needs better than they could acting alone. [acculturation]

Output: interdependence


Input: Closeness between individuals that allows for the exchange of affection, trust, and confidence. [acculturation]

Output: intimacy


Input: A way to analyze aging that looks at aging as a socially constructed progression of transitions and social roles that individuals are expected to use as guides in various life stages. [acculturation]

Output: life course


Input: Social characteristics of society as a whole. [acculturation]

Output: macrosocial


Input: Social characteristics of the individual. [acculturation]

Output: microsocial


Input: The standard, model, or pattern of behavior expected in society. [acculturation]

Output: norm


Input: A settlement pattern in which high proportions of certain types of people are located in distinct neighborhoods or zones of a community. [acculturation]

Output: residential segregation


Input: The process of fitting role demands to an individual’s capabilities. [acculturation]

Output: role adaptation


Input: Process that involves learning the rights, obligations, resources, and outlook of a position one will occupy in the future. [acculturation]

Output: role anticipation


Input: The interpersonal aspects of the adaptation that takes place between role players. [acculturation]

Output: role negotiation


Input: Condition caused by limited meaningful contact with others, debilitating illness, poor vision and hearing, and decreased level of energy can all contribute to sensory deprivation. [acculturation]

Output: sensory deprivation


Input: Condition caused by unexpected, abrupt environmental changes, such as an accident or hospitalization, that introduces many stimuli simultaneously. [acculturation]

Output: sensory overload


Input: Love, warmth, caring, and sharing between people; also the identification with a sexual role. [acculturation]

Output: sexuality


Input: The changes in individuals' lives that necessitate the assumption of new roles and the relinquishing of old roles. [acculturation]

Output: social context of aging


Input: The process through which a certain group encourages or coerces its members to learn and conform to its culture. [acculturation]

Output: socialization


Input: The totality of family and friends that people depend upon to meet physical, psychological, and social needs. [acculturation]

Output: social support


Input: Refers to the rights, obligations, and expected behaviors and patterns associated with a particular social status. [acculturation]

Output: societal role


Input: The three distinct areas in which an individual can achieve: family, career, and age group. [acculturation]

Output: spheres of accomplishment


Input: Means of studying aging that observes the relative proportions of the age cohort who show various patterns of role sequence over time; statistical regularities in the role-related behavior of age cohorts are then identified. [acculturation]

Output: statistical course


Input: What are some tx options for ingrown toe nails?

Output: -warm water soaks -cotton-wick insertion in the lateral groove corner -debridement of the lateral nail groove -silver nitrate cautery to the hypertrophied lateral nail tissue -complete or parital nail evalsion -wedge resection of the distal nail edge -partial nail avulsion with phenol matricectomy sodium hydroxide matricectomy -laser matricectomy -electrosrugical matricectomy -surgical excision of nail plate, nail bed, and matrix

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-improperly timrred nails -hyperhidrosis -poorly fitting footwear -trauma -subungual neoplasms -obesity -excessive external pressure


Input: Do do a digital block of the toe, what do you use?

Output: 1 percent lido without epi using a 10ml syringe to pull up medication and 30 guage needle to deliver lido

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-improperly timrred nails -hyperhidrosis -poorly fitting footwear -trauma -subungual neoplasms -obesity -excessive external pressure


Input: What can u use around the base of the toe for a dry operative field?

Output: sterile rubber band

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-improperly timrred nails -hyperhidrosis -poorly fitting footwear -trauma -subungual neoplasms -obesity -excessive external pressure


Input: Look at the steps to how to do it on ppt...

Output: because I am not typing it all out

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Input: What do you want to document after toe nail procedure?

Output: -procedure, location, medications used and amount and any complications

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-improperly timrred nails -hyperhidrosis -poorly fitting footwear -trauma -subungual neoplasms -obesity -excessive external pressure


Input: When should the toe be evaluated for infection?

Output: if increasing pain, swelling, redness, or drainage

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-improperly timrred nails -hyperhidrosis -poorly fitting footwear -trauma -subungual neoplasms -obesity -excessive external pressure


Input: To do a digital nerve block, the needle is inserted where?

Output: -down to the bone, midway between the palmar and dorsal surfaces of the digit, 1-2 cm distal to the web space

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Input: In a digital derve block, the anesthetic is administered with the needle ______ to the digit, then angled slightly toward where?

Output: -perpendicular -angled slightly toward the palmar and dorsal surfaces as additional solution is injected

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Input: -What are some things that can cause ingrown toe nails?

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Input: How much anesthetic is usually needed on each side of a digital nerve block?

Output: less than 1.5 mL

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Input: What size needle is used in subungual hematoma drainage?

Output: 18-21 guage

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Input: When should a pt return for follow up to a subungual hematoma drainage?

Output: 2-3 weeks if no complications occur

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Input: What is one of the most common infections of the hand?

Output: paronychia

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Input: What is a paronychia?

Output: superficial infection or abscess of the paronychial tissue of the hands or less commonly the feet

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Input: What are some tx options for acute paronychia?

Output: -warm water soaks -oral antibiotic therapy -surgical drainage

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Input: in cases of chronic paronychia, it is important that the pt avoid what?

Output: possible irritants

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Input: What are some tx options for chronic paronychia?

Output: -topical antifungals -topical steroids -surgical intervention

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Input: An acute paronychia most often results from what?

Output: nail bitting, finger sucking, aggressive manicuring, a hang nail or penetrading trauma, with or without retaining foreign body

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Input: What is the most common infecting organism for paroncyhia?

Output: S. aureus then streptococci and pseudomaonas

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Input: Children are prone to acute paronchias how?

Output: through direct inoculation of fingers with flora from the mouth secondary to finger sucking and nail biting

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Input: What is the cause of chronic paronchia?

Output: mutlifactorial

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Input: Who are at risk for developing chronic paonychias?

Output: -those who are repeatedly exposed to water containing irritant or alkali, and those who are repeatedly exposed to mist environments

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Input: Name some high risk people for development of paronychias.

Output: -bartenders -housekeepers -homemakers -dish washers -swimmers -diabetics -immunosuppressed person

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Input: If warm water soaks fail to tx paronychias, what can be done next?

Output: warm water soaks along with PO anti staph meds and splint protection of the affected part are indicated

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Input: In children who suck their fingers and pts who bite their nails, what should they be treated against?

Output: anaerobes with antibiotic therapy

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Input: Read how to do a paronychia surgical tx on the power point

Output: because I am lazy and don't want to type it all out

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Input: If the nail fold contains puss in paronychia, you should incise it with a what number blade? and with the blade directed _______ from the nail bed to avoid what?

Output: 11 or 15 -away from nail bed to avoid injury and subsequent growth abnormality

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Input: The dressing from a paronychia removal should be removed when?

Output: in 48 hrs followed by warm water soaks QID for 15 minutes

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Input: When should a pt return after a paronychia removal?

Output: 2-3 weeks if there is no complications

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Input: [2] individuals who are sexually, physically, emotionally attracted to both same and opposite sex partners [1]

Output: Bisexual


Input: [2] system that stigmatizes poor and working-class people and their cultures and assigns high status to the affluent and their culture solely because of their relative wealth [1]

Output: Classism


Input: [2] someone who has revealed his or her GLBT sexual orientation to others [1]

Output: Coming out


Input: [2] understanding how different groups exist in a hierarchy of inequality in terms of power, privilege and wealth [1]

Output: Conflict diversity


Input: [2] empirically enumerating differences within a given population [1]

Output: Counting diversity


Input: [2] importance of understanding and appreciating the cultural differences between groups [1]

Output: Culture diversity


Input: [2] actions that deny equal treatment to persons perceived to be members of some social category or group [1]

Output: Discrimination


Input: [2] social group that controls the political, economic, and cultural institutions in a society [1]

Output: Dominant group


Input: [2] perspective argues that reality exists independent of our perception of it, that is, that there are real and important (essential) differences among categories of people [1]

Output: Essentialist


Input: [2] social group that has certain cultural characteristics that set it off from other groups and whose members see themselves as having a common past [1]

Output: Ethnic group


Input: [2] acts motivated by prejudice intending to do physical or psychological harm because of the victims' group membership [1]

Output: Ethnoviolence


Input: [2] the dominant group uses the subordinate group for its own ends, including economic profit and higher position in the social hierarchy [1]

Output: Exploitation


Input: [2] movement to end male supremacy [1]

Output: Feminism


Input: [2] usually refers to homosexual males, although it is also used as an umbrella term for homosexuals in general [1]

Output: Gay


Input: [2] behavior that is culturally defined as appropriate and inappropriate for males and females [1]

Output: Gender


Input: [2] gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered people [1]

Output: GLBT


Input: [2] the argument that businesses will be more profitable, and government agencies and not-for-profit corporations will be more efficient, with diverse labor forces [1]

Output: Good-for-business diversity


Input: [2] ideas that are so influential that they dominate all other ideologies [1]

Output: Hegemonic ideologies


Input: [2] system of oppression against the GLBT population [1]

Output: heterosexism


Input: [2] persons who are sexually, physically, and emotionally attracted to people of the opposite sex [1]

Output: heterosexual


Input: [2] refers to the fear and hatred of those who love and sexually desire people of the same sex [1]

Output: Homophobia


Input: [2] persons who are sexually, physically, and emotionally attracted to people of the same sex [1]

Output: Homosexual


Input: [2] body of ideas reflecting the social needs and aspirations of an individual group, class, or culture [1]

Output: Ideology


Input: [2] amount of money that a family earns from wages and salaries, interest, dividends, rent, gifts, and transfer payments [1]

Output: Income


Input: [2] behavior of individual members of one group/category that is intended to have a differential and/or harmful effect on members of another group/category [1]

Output: Individual discrimination


Input: [2] policies of dominant group institutions, and the behavior of individuals who implement these policies and control these institutions, that are intended to have a differential and/or harmful effect on subordinate groups [1]

Output: Institutional discrimination


Input: [2] a child's class position relative to the child's parents [1]

Output: Intergenerational mobility


Input: [2] someone who has not revealed his or her GLBT sexual orientation to others [1]

Output: In the closet


Input: [2] a person having physical attributes of both males and females [1]

Output: Intersexed


Input: [2] degree to which a young worker who enters the labor force can improve his or her class position within a single lifetime [1]

Output: Intragenerational mobility


Input: [2] homosexual females [1]

Output: Lesbian


Input: [2] one that has a profound effect on one's life and that dominates or overwhelms the other statuses one occupies [1]

Output: master status


Input: [2] stratified society wherein the most skilled people have the better jobs and the least skilled people have the lowest-paying jobs, regardless of race, gender, age, and so on [1]

Output: Meritocracy


Input: [2] differential distribution of men and women in into sex-appropriate occupations in the labor force [1]

Output: Occupational sex segregation


Input: [2] a dynamic process by which one segment of society achieves power and privilege through the control and exploitation of other groups, which are burdened and pushed down into the lower levels of the social order [1]

Output: Oppression


Input: [2] viewed as being unlike the dominant group in profoundly different, usually negative ways [1]

Output: The other


Input: [2] refers to a subordinate-group member who successfully pretends to be a dominant-group member [1]

Output: passing


Input: [2] hierarchical system that promotes male supremacy [1]

Output: Patriarchy


Input: [2] any collective action that is intended to support, influence, or change social policy or social structures [1]

Output: Politics


Input: [2] negative attitudes toward a specific group of people [1]

Output: Prejudice


Input: [2] means that some groups have something of value that is denied to others simply because of the groups they belong to; these unearned advantages give some groups a head start in seeking a better life [1]

Output: privilege


Input: [2] social group that is socially defined as having certain biological characteristics that set it apart from other groups, often in invidious ways [1]

Output: racial group


Input: [2] racially-based framework used by actors to explain and justify (dominant race) or challenge (subordinate race or races) the racial status quo [1]

Output: racial ideology


Input: [2] system of oppression based on race [1]

Output: racism


Input: [2] expected behavior that goes along with a specific status [1]

Output: role


Input: [2] physical and biological differences between the categories of male and female [1]

Output: sex


Input: [2] system of oppression based on gender [1]

Output: sexism


Input: [2] whom we have sex with [1]

Output: sexual behavior


Input: [2] what people call themselves [1]

Output: sexual identification


Input: [2] determined by to whom we are attracted sexually, physically, and emotionally [1]

Output: sexual orientation


Input: [2] perspective that argues that reality cannot be separated from the way a culture makes sense of it - that meaning is "constructed" through social, political, legal, scientific, and the other processes [1]

Output: social constructionist


Input: [2] refers to individuals moving up or down in terms of their class level [1]

Output: social mobility


Input: [2] refers to a position that one holds or a category that one occupies in a society [1]

Output: status


Input: [2] cultural beliefs about a particular group that are usually highly exaggerated and distorted, even though they may have a grain of truth [1]

Output: stereotypes


Input: [2] an attribute for which someone is considered bad, unworthy, or deeply discredited because of the category that he or she belongs to [1]

Output: stigma


Input: [2] heterosexual people [1]

Output: straight


Input: [2] refers to the way in which societies are marked by inequality, by differences among people that are regarded as being higher or lower [1]

Output: stratification


Input: [2] policies of dominant-group institutions, and the behavior of the individuals who implement these policies and control these institutions, that are race/class/gender/sexuality neutral in intent but that have a differential and/or harmful effect on subordinate groups [1]

Output: structural discrimination


Input: [2] a social group that lacks control of the political, economic, and cultural institutions in a society [1]

Output: subordinate group


Input: [2] people who feel that their gender identity doesn't match their physiological body [1]

Output: transgendered


Input: [2] people who have had sex change operations [1]

Output: transsexuals


Input: [2] people who like to cross-dress, that is, wear clothes that are culturally appropriate to the opposite sex [1]

Output: transvestites


Input: [2] assets that people own and is often expressed in terms of net worth [1]

Output: wealth


Input: The nurse is preparing to administer phenytoin (Dilantin) IV push. The client has an IV of D5W 0.45 NS at 50 ml/hr. What action should the nurse implement? Dilantin should be diluted in a saline solution and the IV tubing should be flushed before and after admin because a dextrose solution will cause drug precipitation.

Output: Flush the tubing with NS, administer diluted Dilantin, and then flush with NS.

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Input: This statement made by the wife of a client diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) indicates that teaching about the medication regimen has been effective? PD is treated with meds and surgery. The meds have side effects & adverse effects, & the effectiveness of the meds may be reduced over time.

Output: "The medication provides symptom management, but the effects may not last."

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Input: What statement indicates a scientific rationale for the combination drug carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) prescribed for PD? In PD there is a ↓amt of dopamine in the brain. Carbidopa delays the breakdown of levodopa (Dopamine) in the periphery so that more of the levodopa crosses the blood-brain barrier and reaches the brain.

Output: The carbidopa delays the breakdown of the levodopa in the periphery so more dopamine gets to the brain.

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Input: What client diagnosed with PD should the nurse question administering the anti-cholinergic medication benztropine (Cogentin)? Anticholinergic medications block cholinergic receptors in the eye and may precipitate or aggravate glaucoma.

Output: The client diagnosed with glaucoma. Glaucoma is affected by any med that has the effect of drying secretions.

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Input: The nurse is caring for a client newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease who is receiving the anti-Parkinson's disease med levodopa. Which interventions should the nurse implement? Initially levodopa can cause orthostatic hypotension. The pt should be taught to rise slowly to prevent falls. The pt may experience and "on" effect of symptom control when the med is effective and and "off" effect near the time for the next dose of med. Pts should be warned that darkening of the urine & sweat is a harmless side effect of this med.

Output: Instruct the client to rise slowly from a seated or lying position. Teach about on-off effects of the medication. Tell the client that the sweat and urine may become darker.

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Input: The pt newly diagnosed with epilepsy is prescribed an anticonvulsant med. What information should the nurse tell the client? Anticonvulsant dosages usually start↓ & gradually ↑over a period of weeks until the serum drug level is within therapeutic range or the seizures stop.

Output: The med dosage will start low and gradually ↑over a few weeks.

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Input: The male pt diagnosed with urinary retention is receiving Urecholine, a muscarinic agonist, med. What intervention should the nurse implement? This med relaxes the urinary sphincters and ↑voiding pressure by contracting the detrusor muscle of the bladder; therefore, the client will need to have a urinal available for frequent urination.

Output: Have the pts urinal readily available.

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Input: What pt would the nurse question administering the muscarinic antagonist atropine? Atropine is contraindicated in a client with glaucoma because atropine causes mydriasis (my·dri·a·sis) and paralysis of the ciliary muscle, which would ↑intraocular pressure and may cause blindness.

Output: A 69 year old pt diagnosed with glaucoma.

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Input: The pt is undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depression and is on a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker. Which data would warrant immediate intervention by the nurse? The primary effect of a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker is relaxation of skeletal muscles, producing a state of flaccid paralysis. Paralysis of the respiratory muscles can cause respiratory arrest. Therefore, a respiratory rate of 10 would warrant immediate intervention by the nurse.

Output: The pts respiratory rate is 10.

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Input: The client is admitted into the emergency department complaining of profuse salivation, excessive tearing, and diarrhea. The pt tells the nurse he had been camping and living off the land. What med would the nurse anticipate administering? The pt reports living off the land, and the symptoms reported are clinical manifestations of muscarinic poisoning from eating wild mushrooms. Therefore, the nurse should anticipate administering the antidote, which is atropine.

Output: Atropine, a muscarinic antagonist.

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Input: The client is diagnosed with low back pain and is prescribed the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril). What instructions should the clinic nurse teach the client? The med acts on the CNS and can cause drowsiness. The pt should be warned not to drive until the pt understands the effects on his or her body. Driving could be dangerous for the pt and others.

Output: The med can cause drowsiness that may make driving unsafe.

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Input: The pt is admitted with severe low back pain and prescribed the muscle relaxant methocarbamol (Robaxin), IVPB q8hrs. What nursing intervention has priority when administering this med? The pt should be kept recumbent during and for at least 15 min following the administration of Robaxin IV to reduce the risk orthostatic hypotension.

Output: Ask the pt to lie flat for 15 min following the IV infusion.

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Input: A pt complaining of weakness, dizziness, and lightheadedness is exhibiting a concerning telemetry strip. The nurse administered the antidysrythmic med atropine sulfate intravenously. What data indicates the med was effective? Atropine ↓vagal stimulation, ↑HR, and is the med of choice to treat symptomatic bradycardia - weakness, dizziness, and lightheadedness. An ↑HR indicates the med is effective

Output: The pts apical pulse rate ↑ to 68.

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Input: The pt who is coding is in asystole. What action should the nurse implement first? Atropine is the drug of choice for asystole because it ↓vagal stimulation and ↑HR.

Output: Prepare to administer atropine, IV push.

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Input: initially high turnover social loafing groupthink time for decision making dominant players [advantages of teams]

Output: disadvantages of teams

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Input: clear engaging reason for using them job can't be don unless people work together rewards can be provided for team performance ample resources are available teams will have clear authority to manage and change how work gets done [advantages of teams]

Output: When to use teams

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Input: there isn't a clear engaging reason or purpose the job can be don by people working independently rewards are provided for individual effort the necessary resources are not available management will continue to monitor and influence how work gets done [advantages of teams]

Output: when not to use teams

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Input: traditional work groups employee involvement teams semi-autonomous work groups self-managing teams self-design teams [advantages of teams]

Output: kinds of teams (5)

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Input: cross-functional teams virtual teams project teams [advantages of teams]

Output: special kinds of teams (3)

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Input: norms cohesiveness size conflict states of development [advantages of teams]

Output: Elements of work teams

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Input: all memebers present at meetings and activities creating common workspaces nonwork activities [advantages of teams]

Output: How to promote cohesiveness

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Input: forming storming norming performing [advantages of teams]

Output: 4 stages of team development

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Input: setting team goals selecting people team training team compensation and recognition [advantages of teams]

Output: ways to make teams more effective

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Input: a small number of peopple with complementary skills who hold themselves mutually accountable for pursuing a common purpose, achieving performance goals, and improving interdependent work processes [advantages of teams]

Output: work team

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Input: behaviour in which team members withhold their effors and fail to perform their share of the work [advantages of teams]

Output: social loafing

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Input: group composed of two or more people who work together to achieve a shared goal [advantages of teams]

Output: traditional work group

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Input: team that provides advice or makes suggestions to management concerning specific issues [advantages of teams]

Output: employee involvement team

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Input: group that has the authority to make decisions and solve problems related to the major tasks of producing a product or service [advantages of teams]

Output: semi-autonomous work group

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Input: team that manages and controls all the major tasks of producing a product or service [advantages of teams]

Output: self-managing team

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Input: team that has the characteristics of self-managing teams but that also controls team design, work tasks, and tem membership [advantages of teams]

Output: self-desigining team

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Input: team composed of employees from different functional areas of the organization [advantages of teams]

Output: cross-functional team

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Input: team composed of geographically and organizationally dispersed co-workers who use telecommunications and information technologies to accomplish and organizational task [advantages of teams]

Output: virtual team

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Input: team created to complete specific, on-time projects or tasks withing a limited time [advantages of teams]

Output: project team

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Input: informally agreed-on standards that regulate team behaviour [advantages of teams]

Output: norms

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Input: the extend to which team members are attracted to a team and motivated to remain in it [advantages of teams]

Output: cohesiveness

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Input: the first state of team development in which team members meet each other, form initial impressions and begin to establish team norms [advantages of teams]

Output: forming

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Input: the second stage of team development characterized by conflict and disagreement in which team members disagree over what the team should do and how it should do it [advantages of teams]

Output: storming

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Input: the third stage of team development in which team members begin to settle into their roles, group cohesion grows and positive team norms develop [advantages of teams]

Output: norming

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Input: the fourth stage of team development in which performance improves because the team has matured into an effective fully functioning team [advantages of teams]

Output: performing

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Input: the ability to change organizational structures policies and practices [advantages of teams]

Output: structural accomodation

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Input: the ability to make changes without first getting approval from managers or other pars of an organization [advantages of teams]

Output: bureaucratic immunity

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Input: the degree to which a person believes that people should be self-sufficient and that loyalty to ones self is more imporant than loyalty to ones team or company [advantages of teams]

Output: individualism-collectivism

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Input: the avery level of ability experience personality or any other factor in a team [advantages of teams]

Output: team level

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Input: the variances or differences in ability experience personality or any other factor on a team [advantages of teams]

Output: team diversity

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Input: skills such as listening communicating questioning and providing feedback that enable people to have effective working relationships with others [advantages of teams]

Output: interpersonal skills

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Input: compensation system that pays employees for learning additional skills or knowledge [advantages of teams]

Output: skill-base pay

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Input: compensation system in which companies share the financial value of performance gains such as productivity cost savings or quality with their workers. [advantages of teams]

Output: gainsharing

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Input: The nurse is preparing to administer phenytoin (Dilantin) IV push. The client has an IV of D5W 0.45 NS at 50 ml/hr. What action should the nurse implement? Flush the tubing with NS, administer diluted Dilantin, and then flush with NS.

Output: Dilantin should be diluted in a saline solution and the IV tubing should be flushed before and after admin because a dextrose solution will cause drug precipitation.

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The client should use a soft-bristled toothbrush to prevent gum irritation and bleeding. Gingival hyperplasia (overgrowth of gums) is a side effect of this medication.


Input: This statement made by the wife of a client diagnosed with Parkinson's disease (PD) indicates that teaching about the medication regimen has been effective? "The medication provides symptom management, but the effects may not last."

Output: PD is treated with meds and surgery. The meds have side effects & adverse effects, & the effectiveness of the meds may be reduced over time.

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The client should use a soft-bristled toothbrush to prevent gum irritation and bleeding. Gingival hyperplasia (overgrowth of gums) is a side effect of this medication.


Input: What statement indicates a scientific rationale for the combination drug carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet) prescribed for PD? The carbidopa delays the breakdown of the levodopa in the periphery so more dopamine gets to the brain.

Output: In PD there is a ↓amt of dopamine in the brain. Carbidopa delays the breakdown of levodopa (Dopamine) in the periphery so that more of the levodopa crosses the blood-brain barrier and reaches the brain.

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The client should use a soft-bristled toothbrush to prevent gum irritation and bleeding. Gingival hyperplasia (overgrowth of gums) is a side effect of this medication.


Input: What client diagnosed with PD should the nurse question administering the anti-cholinergic medication benztropine (Cogentin)? The client diagnosed with glaucoma. Glaucoma is affected by any med that has the effect of drying secretions.

Output: Anticholinergic medications block cholinergic receptors in the eye and may precipitate or aggravate glaucoma.

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The client should use a soft-bristled toothbrush to prevent gum irritation and bleeding. Gingival hyperplasia (overgrowth of gums) is a side effect of this medication.


Input: The nurse is caring for a client newly diagnosed with Parkinson's disease who is receiving the anti-Parkinson's disease med levodopa. Which interventions should the nurse implement? Instruct the client to rise slowly from a seated or lying position. Teach about on-off effects of the medication. Tell the client that the sweat and urine may become darker.

Output: Initially levodopa can cause orthostatic hypotension. The pt should be taught to rise slowly to prevent falls. The pt may experience and "on" effect of symptom control when the med is effective and and "off" effect near the time for the next dose of med. Pts should be warned that darkening of the urine & sweat is a harmless side effect of this med.

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Input: The pt newly diagnosed with epilepsy is prescribed an anticonvulsant med. What information should the nurse tell the client? The med dosage will start low and gradually ↑over a few weeks.

Output: Anticonvulsant dosages usually start↓ & gradually ↑over a period of weeks until the serum drug level is within therapeutic range or the seizures stop.

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Input: The male pt diagnosed with urinary retention is receiving Urecholine, a muscarinic agonist, med. What intervention should the nurse implement? Have the pts urinal readily available.

Output: This med relaxes the urinary sphincters and ↑voiding pressure by contracting the detrusor muscle of the bladder; therefore, the client will need to have a urinal available for frequent urination.

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Input: What pt would the nurse question administering the muscarinic antagonist atropine? A 69 year old pt diagnosed with glaucoma.

Output: Atropine is contraindicated in a client with glaucoma because atropine causes mydriasis (my·dri·a·sis) and paralysis of the ciliary muscle, which would ↑intraocular pressure and may cause blindness.

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Input: The pt is undergoing electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for major depression and is on a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker. Which data would warrant immediate intervention by the nurse? The pts respiratory rate is 10.

Output: The primary effect of a nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocker is relaxation of skeletal muscles, producing a state of flaccid paralysis. Paralysis of the respiratory muscles can cause respiratory arrest. Therefore, a respiratory rate of 10 would warrant immediate intervention by the nurse.

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Input: The client is admitted into the emergency department complaining of profuse salivation, excessive tearing, and diarrhea. The pt tells the nurse he had been camping and living off the land. What med would the nurse anticipate administering? Atropine, a muscarinic antagonist.

Output: The pt reports living off the land, and the symptoms reported are clinical manifestations of muscarinic poisoning from eating wild mushrooms. Therefore, the nurse should anticipate administering the antidote, which is atropine.

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Input: The client is diagnosed with low back pain and is prescribed the muscle relaxant cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril). What instructions should the clinic nurse teach the client? The med can cause drowsiness that may make driving unsafe.

Output: The med acts on the CNS and can cause drowsiness. The pt should be warned not to drive until the pt understands the effects on his or her body. Driving could be dangerous for the pt and others.

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Input: The pt is admitted with severe low back pain and prescribed the muscle relaxant methocarbamol (Robaxin), IVPB q8hrs. What nursing intervention has priority when administering this med? Ask the pt to lie flat for 15 min following the IV infusion.

Output: The pt should be kept recumbent during and for at least 15 min following the administration of Robaxin IV to reduce the risk orthostatic hypotension.

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Input: A pt complaining of weakness, dizziness, and lightheadedness is exhibiting a concerning telemetry strip. The nurse administered the antidysrythmic med atropine sulfate intravenously. What data indicates the med was effective? The pts apical pulse rate ↑ to 68.

Output: Atropine ↓vagal stimulation, ↑HR, and is the med of choice to treat symptomatic bradycardia - weakness, dizziness, and lightheadedness. An ↑HR indicates the med is effective

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Input: The pt who is coding is in asystole. What action should the nurse implement first? Prepare to administer atropine, IV push.

Output: Atropine is the drug of choice for asystole because it ↓vagal stimulation and ↑HR.

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Input: [1] Beam [2]

Output: method of transferring information from one handheld to another handheld


Input: [1] Cradle [2]

Output: piece of hardware used to synchronize information between the handheld and the desktop computer


Input: [1] Graffiti [2]

Output: method of entering data using stylus


Input: [1] Hard buttons [2]

Output: part of the handheld that will initiate some of the applications by pressing with your finger


Input: [1] Launcher [2]

Output: soft button used to go to the main screen that displays all of the applications.


Input: [1] Memo Pad [2]

Output: application on handheld computer used to write messages


Input: [1] PDA [2]

Output: personal digital assistant


Input: [1] Soft buttons [2]

Output: part of the screen area of the handheld device that will initiate some of the applications by using the stylus


Input: [1] Stylus [2]

Output: device used to enter data and make selections on screen of PDA


Input: [1] Synchronize [2]

Output: method of transferring data from handheld to desktop computer and vice versa.


Input: [spendthrift] squandering

Output: spending money wastefully

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Input: [spendthrift] prodigal

Output: a person who spends money wastefully

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Input: [spendthrift] indiscreet

Output: unwise or not careful

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Input: [spendthrift] frivolous

Output: silly and light-minded, not sensible

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Input: [spendthrift] contraband

Output: unlawful or forbidden good

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Input: [spendthrift] subordinate

Output: inferior; ranking under and below

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Input: [1] Ecosystem [2]

Output: all living an non living things that interact in one area

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Input: [1] habitat [2]

Output: the place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs

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Input: [1] biotic [2]

Output: a living part of an ecosystem

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Input: [1] abotic [2]

Output: a non living part of an ecosystem

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Input: [1] populations [2]

Output: all the members of one species in a particular area

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Input: [1] communities [2]

Output: all the different populations that live together in an area

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Input: [1] ecology [2]

Output: the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

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Input: [1] Population density [2]

Output: the number of individuals in a specific area

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Input: [1] direct observation [2]

Output: Count one by one

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Input: [1] indirect observation [2]

Output: to observe tracks or other signs or organisms themselvs

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Input: [assuage] attenuate To reduce in force or degree; to weaken

Output: The Bill of Rights ATTENUATED the traditional power of government to change laws at will.

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Input: [assuage] austere Severe or stern in appearance; undecorated

Output: The lack of decoration makes Zen temples seem AUSTERE to the untrained eye.

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Input: [assuage] bombastic Pompous in speech and manner

Output: The dictator's speeches were mostly BOMBASTIC; his boasting and outrageous claims had no basis in fact.

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Input: [assuage] castigate To punish or criticize harshly

Output: Americans are amazed at how harshly the authorities in Singapore CASTIGATE perpetrators of what would be considered minor crimes in the United States.

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Input: [assuage] caustic Biting in wit

Output: Dorothy Parker gained her reputation for CAUSTIC wit from her cutting, yet clever, insults.

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Input: [assuage] chicanery Deception by means of craft or guile

Output: Dishonest used car sales people often use CHICANERY to sell their beat-up old cars.

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Input: [assuage] cogent Convincing and well reasoned

Output: Swayed by the COGENT argument of the defense, the jury had no choice but to acquit the defendant.

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Input: [assuage] condone To overlook, pardon, or disregard

Output: Some theorists believe that failing to prosecute minor crimes is the sane as CONDONING an air of lawlessness.

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Input: [assuage] decorum Appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety

Output: The countess complained that the vulgar peasants lacked the DECORUM appropriate for a visit to the palace.

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Input: [assuage] desiccate To dry out thoroughly

Output: After a few weeks of lying on the desert's baking sands, the cow's carcass became completely DESICCATED.

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Input: [assuage] desultory Jumping from one thing to another; disconnected

Output: Diane had a DESULTORY academic record; she had changed majors 12 times in three years.

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Input: [assuage] dilatory Intended to delay

Output: The congressman used DILATORY measures to delay the passage of the bill.

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Input: [assuage] dilettante Someone with an amateurish and superficial interest in a topic

Output: Jerry's friends were such DILETTANTES that they seemed to have new jobs and hobbies every week.

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Input: [assuage] dirge A funeral hymn or mournful speech

Output: Melville wrote the poem "A DIRGE from James McPherson" for the funeral of a Union general who was killed in 1864.

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Input: [assuage] disabuse To set right; to free from error

Output: Galileo's observations DISABUSED scholars of the notion that the sun revolved around the earth.

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Input: [assuage] elegy A sorrowful poem or speech

Output: Although Thomas Gray's "ELEGY Written in a Country Churchyard" is about death and loss, it urges its readers to endure this life and to trust in spirituality.

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Input: [assuage] enervate To reduce in strength

Output: The guerrillas hoped that a series of surprise attacks would ENERVATE the regular army.

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Input: [assuage] enumerate To count, list, or itemize

Output: Moses returned from the mountain with tablets on which the commandments were ENUMERATED.

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Input: [assuage] equivocate To use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

Output: When faced with criticism of his policies, the politician EQUIVOCATED and left all parties thinking she agreed with them.

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Input: [assuage] erudite Learned, scholarly, bookish

Output: The annual meeting of philosophy professors was a gathering of the most ERUDITE, well-published individuals in the field.

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Input: [assuage] esoteric Known or understood by only a few

Output: Only a handful of experts are knowledgeable about the ESOTERIC world of particle physics.

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Input: [assuage] estimable Admirable

Output: Most people consider it ESTIMABLE that Mother Teresa spent her life helping the poor of India.

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Input: [assuage] exculpate To clear from blame; prove innocent

Output: The adversarial legal system is intended to convict those who are guilty and EXCULPATE those who are innocent.

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Input: [assuage] exigent Urgent; requiring immediate action

Output: The patient was losing blood so rapidly that it was EXIGENT to stop the source of the bleeding.

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Input: [assuage] exonerate To clear of blame

Output: The fugitive was EXONERATED when another criminal confessed to committing the crime.

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Input: [assuage] fawn To grovel

Output: The understudy FAWNED over the director in hopes of being cast in the part on a permanent basis.

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Input: [assuage] fervid Intensely emotional; feverish

Output: The fans of Maria Callas were unusually FERVID, doing anything to catch a glimpse of the great opera singer.

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Input: [assuage] florid Excessively decorated or embellished

Output: To palace had been decorated in an excessively FLORIS style; every surface had been carved and gilded.

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Input: [assuage] foment To arouse or incite

Output: The protesters tried to FOMENT feeling against the war through their speeches and demonstrations.

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Input: [assuage] iconoclast One who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions

Output: His lack of regard for traditional beliefs soon established him as an ICONOCLAST.

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Input: [assuage] impetuous Quick to act without thinking

Output: It is not good for an investment broker to be IMPETUOUS, since much thought should be given to all the possible options.

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Input: [assuage] implacable Unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

Output: His rage at the betrayal was so great the he remained IMPLACABLE for weeks.

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Input: [assuage] inchoate Not fully formed; disorganized

Output: The ideas expressed in Nietzsche's mature work also appear in an INCHOATE form in his earliest writing.

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Input: [assuage] ingenuous showing innocence or childlike simplicity

Output: She was so INGENUOUS that her friends feared that her innocence and trustfulness would be exploited when she visited the big city.

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Input: [assuage] insipid Lacking interest or flavor

Output: The critic claimed that the painting was INSIPID, containing no interesting qualities at all.

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Input: [assuage] intransigent Uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled

Output: The professor was INTRANSIGENT on the deadline, insisting that everyone turn the assignment in at the same time.

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Input: [assuage] irascible Easily made angry

Output: Attila the Hun's IRASCIBLE and violent nature made all who dealt with him fear for their lives.

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Input: [assuage] malinger To evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

Output: A common way to avoid the draft was by MALINGERING -- pretending to be mentally or physically ill so as to avoid being being taken by the Army.

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Input: [assuage] mitigate To soften; to lessen

Output: A judge may MITIGATE a sentence if she decides that a person committed a crime out of need.

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Input: [assuage] mollify To calm or make less severe

Output: Their argument was so intense that it was difficult to believe any compromise would MOLLIFY them.

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Input: [assuage] obdurate Hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion

Output: The president was completely OBDURATE on the issue, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind.

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Input: [assuage] obstinate Stubborn, unyielding

Output: The OBSTINATE child could not be made to eat any food that he disliked.

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Input: [assuage] obviate To prevent; to make unnecessary

Output: The river was shallow enough to wade across at many points, which OBVIATED the need for a bridge.

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Input: [assuage] occlude To stop up; to prevent the passage of

Output: A shadow is thrown across the earth's surface during a solar eclipse, when the light from the sun is OCCLUDED by the moon.

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Input: [assuage] onerous Troublesome and oppressive; burdensome

Output: The assignment was so extensive and difficult to manage that it proved ONEROUS to the team in charge of it.

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Input: [assuage] opprobrium Public disgrace

Output: After the scheme to embezzle the elderly was made public, the treasurer resigned in utter OPPROBRIUM.

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Input: [assuage] paragon Model of excellence or perfection

Output: She is the PARAGON of what a judge should be: honest, intelligent, hardworking, and just.

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Input: [assuage] pedant Someone who shows off learning

Output: The graduate instructor's tedious and excessive commentary on the subject soon gained her a reputation as a PEDANT.

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Input: [assuage] perfidious Willing to betray one's trust

Output: The actress' PERFIDIOUS companion revealed all of her intimate secrets to the gossip columnist.

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Input: [assuage] perfunctory Done in a routine way; indifferent

Output: The machinelike bank teller processed the transaction and gave the waiting customer a PERFUNCTORY smile.

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Input: [assuage] precipitate To throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation

Output: Upon learning that the couple married after knowing each other only two months, friends and family members expected such a PRECIPITATE marriage to end in divorce.

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Input: [assuage] prodigal Lavish, wasteful

Output: The PRODIGAL son quickly wasted all of his inheritance on a lavish lifestyle devoted to pleasure.

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Input: [assuage] propitiate To conciliate; to appease

Output: The management PROPITIATED the irate union by agreeing to raise wages for its members.

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Input: [assuage] propriety Correct behavior; obedience to rules and customs

Output: The aristocracy maintained a high level of PROPRIETY, adhering to even the most minor social rules.

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Input: [assuage] quiescent Motionless

Output: Many animals are QUIESCENT over the winter months, minimizing activity in order to conserve energy.

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Input: [assuage] rarefy To make thinner or sparser

Output: Since the atmosphere RAREFIES as altitudes increase, the air at the top of very tall mountains is too thin to breathe.

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Input: [assuage] repudiate To reject the validity of

Output: The old woman's claim that she was the Russian royalty was REPUDIATED when DNA tests showed she was of no relation to them.

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Input: [assuage] soporific Causing sleep or lethargy

Output: The movie proved to be so SOPORIFIC that soon loud snores were heard throughout the theater.

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Input: [assuage] stolid Unemotional; lacking sensitivity

Output: The prisoner appeared STOLID and unaffected by the judge's harsh sentence.

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Input: [assuage] torpor Extreme mental and physical sluggishness

Output: After surgery, the patient experienced TORPOR until the anesthesia wore off.

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Input: [assuage] veracity Filled with truth and accuracy

Output: She had a reputation for VERACITY, so everyone trusted her description of events.

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Input: [assuage] verbose Wordy

Output: The professor's answer was so VERBOSE that the student forgot what the original question had been.

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Input: which object is at the center of the celestial sphere

Output: earth

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Input: a parsec is a unit of

Output: distance

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Input: the South Celestial Pole

Output: the projection of the earths south pole on the the celestial sphere

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Input: the celestial equator is the

Output: projection of the earths equator onto the celestial sphere

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Input: the obliquity of the ecliptic is the same as the tilt of the ____ axis of rotation

Output: earths

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Input: the obliquity of the ecliptic is the

Output: angle between the celestial equator and the ecliptic

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Input: degree of th obliquity of the ecliptic

Output: 23.5 degrees

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Input: for an observer at the earth's north pole, all stars above the horizon

Output: are circumpolar

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Input: the observer's meridian is a semi-circle through the

Output: NCP, SCP zenith and np of hte horizon

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Input: the observers meridian is a semi-circle through the

Output: ncp scp zenith and south point on thehorizon

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Input: declination of a star is the equivalent to

Output: latitude on the celestial sphere

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Input: the precession of the earth takes

Output: 26000 years

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Input: nutation vs precession

Output: precession has a bigger effect

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Input: sideral orbit of hte moon is

Output: its orbital period with respect to the stars

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Input: the apparent shifting of the position of mars bc of earths orbital motion is called

Output: retrograde motion

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Input: hipparcus wanted to prove the heliocentric theory when he tried to measure

Output: stellar parallax

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Input: aristarchus used geometrical arguments to state that

Output: the sun was at center of universe

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Input: aristotle studied the curved shadow of the earth during a lunar eclpse and found that

Output: earth must be a sphere

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Input: copernicus beleived in wat theory

Output: copernicus

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Input: copernicus measured the

Output: orbital speeds of the planets

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Input: copernicus measured what for the 1st time

Output: stellar parallax

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Input: based on keplers 3rd law

Output: planet with the shortest orbital period has the smallest semi-major axis

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: mass of earth 1st calculated by

Output: cavendish

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: every action has an equal and opposite reaction

Output: 3rd law newton

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: galileos evidence in favor of the heliocentric theory was

Output: the completely perfect surfaces of the moon and the sun

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: kepler studied tycho brahes observations of mars and found that

Output: the planets move in ecliptic orbits wit the sun at one focus

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: the surface gravity or the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is

Output: less than on earth so you would feel lighter on the moon

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: if earth shrank to a quarter of its current size gravitational force between sun and earth would

Output: decrease by a factor of four so 4 squared = 16

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: if earth shrank to a quarter of its currrent size your weight would

Output: increase by a factor of four so 16

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: lunar eclipse- moon sun earth

Output: Moon Earth Sun

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun


Input: lowest to highest - types of electromagnetic radiation in order of increasing energy

Output: radio infrared visible ultravioelt xray gamaray

real orbital motion of the earth and the sun