An immunocompromised 7-year-old child was recently discharged home with a peripherally-inserted central line (pic line) for home antibiotic therapy. he has now been brought to the emergency department by his mother and father with signs and symptoms of line sepsis. upon questioning, the mother states that she has been removing the pic dressing daily and washing the site with warm water and a cloth. what nursing diagnosis is most appropriate in this situation?

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The human genome project is devoted to mapping the general dna sequence of our species. this could lead to the development of new medicines, as well as the possibility of using gene therapy to treat certain diseases. however, there are some ethical issues surrounding the mapping of individual genomes. one concern is a) that your genes may change over time, making the project useless. b) that insurance companies could discriminate based on genetic make-up. c) that since this has never been done before, we should probably not do it now. d) that sequencing our individual genomes is so expensive, it is a counter-productive strategy.

Why do oceanic plates tend to subduction when colliding with a continental plate