A 80 year patient was admitted to your unit with generalized anxiety disorder. The patient rings the call bell the minute you leave the room. The patient appears to be scared to be left alone. The patient states, ” My daughter leaves me alone for weeks. I have no way to do my own hygiene, […]

A 36-year-old Hispanic woman presents to the OB clinic for her Week 24 check-up, gravida 2 para 1. Patient is a full-time homemaker. Pt states she is doing well but is worried about her weight gain. Obstetric history includes a normal spontaneous vaginal delivery (NSVD) 31/2 yrs ago with a viable 9 lb male infant […]

Your 8 year old patient presents with right sided facial paresis, inability to raise the right eyebrow and difficulty completely closing the right eye. You are concerned about trigeminal nerve problems and consider possible causes. What is the diagnosis associated with this condition, screening considered and treatment? Group of answer choices Bell’s Palsy; consider lyme […]

Your 18 year old patient reports a throbbing headache that comes from her left eye and spreads to her temple and then left side of the head. The headaches are mild to start with but progress to bad throbbing and sometimes she sees sparks of light. The headaches are worse near her menstrual cycles. She […]

The parents of your 2-year-old patient complains that the bend in his legs has worsened since he was seen a year ago. The child is having pain on ambulation and wakes at night with the pain. On physical examination, your note a severe varus deformity with leg length discrepancy and a proximal tibial angle at […]

Your 14 year old patient twisted his ankle when his dog got ‘underfoot’. He reports that his ankle went to the side and he fell. On physical examination, your find moderate ecchymosis, pain and swelling along the lateral malleolus. He is able to bear weight, but it increases the pain in his ankle to 5/10 […]

Your 17 year old patient has been having classic migraines for the past three months. Initially they occurred every few days but over the past month, have been occurring at least 5 days a week. Motrin, Excedrin and Tylenol have been ineffective in managing the headaches. After a three day period of not having any […]

Your 18 year old patient reports headaches in the back of the head that last for hours at a time and have been increasing in frequency the past four weeks. She notes that she and her girlfriend recently started having difficulties because she has been studying with a male tutor. She has not been sleeping […]

You are seeing an 18-year-old male in the office in the office with runny nose and cough with temps of 101. He admits to intermittent chest pain despite analgesia, worse with cough and deep breaths. The chest pain is worsening over time. He has sickle cell disease and chronic anemia with his latest H/H 6.1/17.5 […]

asthma Examine each of the following three factors related to this disease process. Support all three with a scholarly source. -cultural -financial -environmental implications Identify 3-5 priority nursing interventions for the client while monitoring the client at home. Describe labs and diagnostic testing you would want to include monitor routinely and why. What are manifestations […]