Biology and Genetics

You are a nurse at a university health clinic. Twenty-year-old T.Q. comes in and

You are a nurse at a university health clinic. Twenty-year-old T.Q. comes in and informs you he is a new student and he has an immunodeficiency problem. He gives you a letter from…

You are a nurse at a university health clinic. Twenty-year-old T.Q. comes in and

You are a nurse at a university health clinic. Twenty-year-old T.Q. comes in and informs you he is a new student and he has an immunodeficiency problem. He gives you a letter from…

You are a nurse caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal colon

You are a nurse caring for a patient who has been diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. His daughter Elizabeth approaches you during your shift and says that she is afraid that sh…

You are a nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff, 25 FTE LPN

You are a nurse manager on a large unit that has 14 FTE RNs on staff, 25 FTE LPNs, and 15 FTE nursing aids, orderlies, and clerks. The scheduled for the next 2 months is due in ad…

You are a nurse working in a cardiologist’s office. Design teaching points broch

You are a nurse working in a cardiologist’s office. Design teaching points brochure that can be given to older adult patients starting on an antiarrhythmic medication. Focus on th…

You are a nurse working in a cardiologist’s office. Design teaching points broch

You are a nurse working in a cardiologist’s office. Design teaching points brochure that can be given to older adult patients starting on an antiarrhythmic medication. Focus on th…

You are a nurse working the day shift and have been assigned to five patients. O

You are a nurse working the day shift and have been assigned to five patients. One of your patients is an 89-year-old male with a stage III decubitus ulcer to his coccyx. The heal…

You are a participant in the study of a new drug that may be useful as a pain re

You are a participant in the study of a new drug that may be useful as a pain reliever. One group gets ibuprofen, one group gets a sugar pill and one group gets the new drug. Part…

You are a patient in a busy emergency department. You present with an asthma att

You are a patient in a busy emergency department. You present with an asthma attack, which is a chronic condition for you, and is exacerbated by pollen season. While you are waiti…

You are a pet store owner and you have a specialty section for exotic guppies. I

You are a pet store owner and you have a specialty section for exotic guppies. In it you have several unusual fish, and you have been able to define the genetics of these animals …

You are a physician in a primary care clinic. A patient comes in to see you, com

You are a physician in a primary care clinic. A patient comes in to see you, complaining of persistent muscle weakness - they just don't seem to have the energy to move much at al…

You are a physician taking care of a 15-year old girl with type II diabetes. A t

You are a physician taking care of a 15-year old girl with type II diabetes. A thorough history and physical exam reveal: height= 160 cm, weight= 80 kg, BP= 110/75, HR= 85 bpm, LD…

You are a physician, who has been given a male infant with severe brain and spin

You are a physician, who has been given a male infant with severe brain and spinal chord abnormalities, extra fingers, a cleft lip and poorly developed eyes. You surmise that this…

You are a physician’s assistant at a local medical practice. You noticed that so

You are a physician’s assistant at a local medical practice. You noticed that some of your patients could benefit from additional educational materials, especially to be given aft…

You are a physiologist on a space flight to a distant planet. You discover intel

You are a physiologist on a space flight to a distant planet. You discover intelligent humanoid aliens inhabiting the planet, and they willingly submit to your tests. You discover…

You are a plant molecular geneticist and have decided to study petal color in Za

You are a plant molecular geneticist and have decided to study petal color in Zania flowers. You apply a mutagen to the flowers, and self-crossed on of the mutated plants. The F1 …

You are a population ecologist studying Bannertail Kangaroo Rats in Southeastern

You are a population ecologist studying Bannertail Kangaroo Rats in Southeastern Arizona. You wish to estimate the population size of this species to help determine if it should b…

You are a prison guard supervising the upper tier in a small, medium security pr

You are a prison guard supervising the upper tier in a small, medium security prison. One of the inmates comes to you and asks for a favor. Because he is a trouble-maker, the ward…

You are a professor running a lab investigating insect developmental genetics. Y

You are a professor running a lab investigating insect developmental genetics. Your graduate student bursts into your office with photographs of a mutant pigmentation phenotype sh…

You are a professor running a lab investigating insect developmental genetics. Y

You are a professor running a lab investigating insect developmental genetics. Your graduate student bursts into your office with photographs of a mutant pigmentation phenotype sh…

You are a program coordinator for the Pan American Hemisphere Organization (PAHO

You are a program coordinator for the Pan American Hemisphere Organization (PAHO), a major global and multilateral subdivision of the WHO, focused on Latin countries south of the …

You are a records manager in a clinic with eight doctors. The clinic is newly pa

You are a records manager in a clinic with eight doctors. The clinic is newly part of a regional network of health organizations that have agreed to standardize and computerize th…

You are a registered dietician nutritionist and your client has come for your ad

You are a registered dietician nutritionist and your client has come for your advice because they have completed a home DNA mutation kit (i.e. 23 and me) and discovered they are h…

You are a reporter working in a year in the past and writing an article about a

You are a reporter working in a year in the past and writing an article about a new vaccine. Your article will take place in the year the vaccine was invented (or approved for use…

You are a research assistant in a lab that studies nucleic acids. Your advisor g

You are a research assistant in a lab that studies nucleic acids. Your advisor gave you four tubes for analysis. Each of these tubes differs in its contents by the source of its n…

You are a research assistant in a lab that studies nucleic acids. Your advisor g

You are a research assistant in a lab that studies nucleic acids. Your advisor gave you four tubes for analysis. Each of these tubes differs in its contents by the source of its n…

You are a research assistant in a lab that studies nucleic acids. Your advisor g

You are a research assistant in a lab that studies nucleic acids. Your advisor gave you four tubes for analysis. Each of these tubes differs in its contents by the source of its n…

You are a researcher at a small biotech company and your company has just obtain