5 Questions: 1. What is the primary function of red blood cells (RBCs)/erythrocytes?

2. What is the purpose of erythrocytes having biconcave shape & losing their nuclei early in red blood cell (RBC) maturation process?

3. What is the composition of red blood cells (RBCs/erythrocytes)? (Hint: if you remove all the water from an RBC, what’s left besides a phospholipid bilayer cell/plasma membrane?)

4. Describe in detail how the “stuff” (= part of your answer to #3, above) that fills RBCs functions to do this important job. You must describe the “stuff” at the molecular level & describe how just 1 of these complexes of “stuff” works to carry out an RBC’s primary function...how many of these vital to life molecules can each molecular complex carry?

5. How long do RBCs live? What happens when they can no longer perform their important function? Name the process by which new RBCs are produced...explain where this happens...& tell me what other important cells (& important cell fragments) are produced by same process. What are primary functions of these other cells?

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4. you are asked to make 125 grams of a 7% antifungal cream using tolnaftate powder and eucerin cream. how many grams of tolnaftate powder are needed? round to the nearest hundredths (w/w)

An african american young adult is admitted to the emergency department in sickle cell crisis with a report of 10/10 pain. the patient is known to several of the nurses and physicians in the department who have labeled the patient as a “drug seeker”. initial discussion post: identify one (1) intervention that can be taken by the rn to reduce the stigma and improve management of acute and chronic pain associated with sickle cell disease. does the intervention apply only to the patient? does it apply only to the interprofessional team? does it apply to both the patient and the members of the interprofessional team? explain and support your answer.

Harold, a fifty-eight year old grocery store manager, had recently been waking up in the middle of the night with abdominal pain. this was happening several nights a week. he was also experiencing occasional discomfort in the middle of the afternoon. harold decided to schedule an appointment with his physician. the doctor listened as harold described his symptoms and then asked harold some questions. he noted that harold's appetite had suffered as a result of the pain he was experiencing and as a result of the fear that what he was eating may be responsible for the pain. otherwise, harold seemed fine. the doctor referred harold to a physician that specialized in internal medicine and had harold make an appointment for a procedure called an endoscopy. the endoscopy was performed at a hospital later that week. during the procedure, a long, thin tube was inserted into harold's mouth and directed into his digestive tract. the end of the tube was equipped with a light source and a small camera which allowed the doctor to observe the interior of harold's stomach. the endoscope was also equipped with a small claw-like structure that the doctor could use in order to obtain a small tissue sample from the lining of harold's stomach, if required. the endoscopy revealed that harold had a peptic ulcer. analysis of a tissue sample taken from the site showed that harold also had an infection that was caused by helicobacterpylori bacteria. the doctor who performed the endoscopy gave harold prescriptions for two different antibiotics and a medication that would decrease the secretion of stomach acid. the doctor also instructed harold to schedule an appointment for another endoscopy procedure in 6 months. 1. list the subjective findings in this case study. 2. what is an endoscopy? (2 points) what is a biopsy? 3. how was a biopsy performed on harold? 4. differentiate between gastric and duodenal ulcers by location. 5. what role does h. pylori play in the formation of peptic ulcers? 6. define occult and frank blood. (4 points) what is a guaiac test? 7. how can peptic ulcers cause bleeding? 8. why were antibiotics prescribed? 9. why would a medication that would decrease the secretion of stomach acid be beneficial?