Ken is a 25 year old who, because of his severely dysfunctional mental state, is unable to care for himself. Ken lives in the facility designed to care for people with the kinds of problems that Ken has. Ken’s physician has reason to believe that Ken is being neglected by the facility, to the extent […]

Juanita is a physician who has reason to believe that her patient is the victim of domestic violence. Juanita says to the patient “Look what happened to you has to stop, I have to call the cops.” The patient responds by saying, “please don’t call the cops, I love my husband and I know he […]

A 20 year old women who is newly pregnant presents with abdominal pain and dizziness. She also states that she has pi in her right shoulder. On physical exam she is hypotensive, tachycardic and her skin is moist to the touch. You would suspect a diagnosis of: A 20 year old women who is newly […]

A patient with a 2-year history of asthma, previously well controlled, presents for progressive worsening of symptoms in spite of good adherence to treatment with scheduled steroid inhalers. The patient has no exposure to pets and is not a smoker. Chest X-ray is unremarkable. What pathology should this patient be worked up for? Group of […]

A client who is a 36 week primigravida is admitted to labor and delivery wi abdomen is rigid and tender to touch. The fetal heart rate (FHR) is 90 eats/minute. Which action should the nurse implement first? Aw a blood sample for stat hemoglobin and hematocrit. B Notify the healthcare provider from the client’s bedside. […]

Kevin and his friends attended their college football team’s first home game this afternoon. They drank a lot of soda and ate hotdogs, popcorn, pizza, and pretzels. Later that evening, Kevin did not feel well. He is bloated, having moderate pain in his abdomen, and changed into loose pants with an elastic waste. Kevin calls […]

A stroke is caused by an alteration in the oxygen that the brain is receiving. This change can be stem from an occlusion in a blood vessel or bleeding that is present in the brain. Due to the inadequate amount of oxygen to the brain due to the onset of a stroke, brain cells would […]

A 68-year-old male presents with concern for substernal chest pressure with exertion lasting five minutes and alleviated with rest. He has a remote history of a myocardial infarction (MI). He recently presented with angina symptoms and had a cardiac catheterization which did not reveal any concerning areas of stenosis. He has not been taking his […]

Erma has type B+ blood and she is thinking about having a child with her husband Frank who has O- blood. She comes to you because she has heard that problems can arise from different blood types in pregnancy. What advice should you give her? Group of answer choices Not to worry because she has […]

John Owens is a 54-year-old man who has been sent to the Emergency Room (ER) by his PCP because of a painful swollen right leg. You are asked to see him. John attends alone. He describes his symptoms: “I woke up three days ago and thought my right leg felt a bit tender in the […]