You are by the side of an 11-month-old female with a decreased level of consciousness. Caregivers will not provide an accurate history of how the child came to this condition, only that she was difficult to wake up this morning, about 30 minutes ago. When assessing the child, which finding would be most immediately concerning?

Patients who require surgery but have one or more coexisting diseases have __________ risk of surgery

A. significant C. same B. lower D. no

You are presenting an in-service to the nurses about the transportation of specimens for anaerobic culture. What is the most important point you want them to remember from your talk?

A) Swabs are acceptable but not ideal B) Use of proper specimen transport systems C) Selection of specimens from only sterile body sites D) Adequate volume of specimen