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Keys to a healthy pregnancy 1) adequate vitamins and minerals 2) healthy body weight 3) controlling health conditions 4) avoid teratogens Teratogens Compounds that can increase the risk of a birth defect. Examples of teratogens: 1) Tobacco: miscarriage, stillbirth, LBW, preterm 2) Alcohol: fetal alcohol syndrome 3) Drugs: LBW, miscarriage, birth defects 4 Key pregnancy stages: Fertilization, Blastogenic, Embryonic, Fetal Blastogenic stage (Day 1 to 14): A period of rapid cell divis...

Digestion process of transforming food into basic nutrients that can be absorbed and used by the body Without the process, the nutrients we initially consume in food would be useless: digestion Before food even enters the mouth, a cascade of events involving the nervous system and a variety of hormones are set off based on a variety of stimulus: cognition, sound, odor, appearance, and taste cognition thoughts about food can start the flow of saliva sound hearing a description of the me...

What is nutrition? Nutrition by definition is the science that links foods to health and disease. When is nutrition important? from conception to death When considering one's health, five dimensions can be evaluated: physical health, intellectual health, emotional health, social health, and spiritual health. physical health - body's ability to perform daily functions for survival intellectual health - the cognitive ability to learn and adapt emotional health - the ability to express or...

A teenage girl has arrived complaining of pain in her left wrist. She was playing basketball when she fell and landed on her left hand. The FNP examined her hand and will expect a fracture if the girl complains: Of sharp pain that increases with movement A patient has been diagnosed with osteoporosis and asked the FNP "what is osteoporosis?" The FNP explains to the patient that osteoporosis is defined as: Loss of bone density Patient states, "I can hear a crunching or grating sound whe...

OPSEC is a cycle used to identify, analyze, and control ________ indicating friendly actions associated with military operations or other activities. Critical information The adversary is collecting information regarding your organizations mission, from the trash and recycling. What is the adversary exploiting? A vulnerability OPSEC is a dissemination control category within the controlled unclassified information (CUI) program. True OPSEC is a cycle that involves all of the following e...

Who makes our State Laws? Texas State Legislature creates Dental laws along with other regular laws and publish them as part of the Occupations Codes (Dental Practice Act) How do laws become rules? Legislature sends laws to the State Board of Dental Examiners (SBDE) who writes laws to rules and regulations. SBDE has the authority to: Reprimand Fine Suspend License/Registration (DDS/RDH/RDA) Structure of the SBDE: 15 unpaid, volunteer members: -8 DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgeries) -2 R...

b) Bargaining A client with a terminal illness tells that he has begun praying every night. The client states, "If I pray every night, God will forgive me." This represents which stage of grief? a) Acceptance b) Bargaining c) Denial d) Anger a) Mechanical Lift Which of the following pieces of assistive equipment would be most helpful in moving an immobile client from their bed to a chair? a) Mechanical Lift b) Draw Sheet c) Gait Belt d) Wrist restraints a) To the lateral aspect o...

1. Decomposition is carried out by microorganisms that require: a. cold, oxygen, and water to survive. b. warmth, carbon dioxide, and water to survive. c. warmth, oxygen, and dry conditions to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. d. warmth, oxygen, and water to survive. 2. The key to maintaining information about an artifact's context is to record: a. archaeologist's name. b. artifact's material. c. provenience. d. date of discovery. c. provenience. 3. The duck decoys...

Describe a disappointment from your life. When I left to serve a proselyting mission for my church in Chile, it was expected that I serve for 18 months. I deferred from school, and said goodbye to friends/family. When I got sick, and was told that I needed to go home and recover, I was extremely disappointed that I wasn't able to finish. Even though my mission didn't go as planned, it fundamentally altered what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I was blessed to be treated by such g...

Direct supervision Level of supervision in which the dentist is physically present when the dental auxiliary performs delegated functions Direct supervision duties Dentist is in the office, personally diagnosed condition to be treated, personally autho's procedure, evaluates performance of the allied dental professional General supervision Level of supervision in which the dental auxiliary performs delegated functions according to the instructions of the dentist, who is not necessarily ...