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A Patient Presents to the Emergency Department with Mixed Psychiatric

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A patient presents to the emergency department with mixed psychiatric symptoms. The admission nurse suspects the symptoms may be the result of a medical problem. Lab results show elevated BUN (blood urea nitrogen) and creatinine. What is the nurse's next best action?


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Addition Rule

In probability, a rule that calculates the likelihood of any of two or more mutually exclusive events occurring.

Automobile Accident

An unexpected event involving a vehicle that usually results in damage and/or injury.

Mutually Exclusive

Events or conditions that cannot occur simultaneously or cannot both be true at the same time.

Addition Rule

A principle in probability theory that determines the probability of the occurrence of at least one of two events, taking into account their joint probability if they are not mutually exclusive.

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