A 13-year-old girl and her father have come to emergency department for assessment of the girl's stiff and warm knee. The father reports that she hurt it sliding into base during a softball game, but later in the interview it becomes clear that the slide made an existing pain worse. Her knee had been stiff, warm, and shiny, and had been keeping her awake at night for a week or so before the game. Which condition might be the cause of the girl's symptoms

Characteristics of moderate sedation include: a. difficult arousal b. independent and continuous maintenance of a patent airway c. no experienced amnesia d. hemodynamic instability

You are caring for a 52-year- old woman who has been prescribed a major antipsychotic (neuroleptic) agent. after explaining the potential side effect, the client refuses to take the medication. how would you feel about taking a major antipsychotic (neuroleptic) agent, realizing the many side effects that these medications can cause? for psychoactive medications to be effective, client adherence is essential. how would you respond to a client who continually fails to follow his or her medication regimen?

Describe three different things you can do to improve your cardiorespiratory fitness rating. do not give three different forms of exercise. exercise is considered one way.