A 12-year-old female is scheduled to receive three vaccines during her annual wellness exam. Prior to administrating the vaccines, the nurse provides the patient’s parents with the appropriate Vaccine Information Statements (VIS). Select the description that best summarizes the purpose of these documents. To provide a recipient , parent, or guardian with a record of […]

A 35 year old man with opioid use disorder (prescription opioids which progressed to heroin) has initiated office-based treatment with buprenorphine, advanced to 16mg per day. He reports ceasing opioid use, and his urine toxicologies are consistently negative for all opioids but positive for buprenorphine. However, his urines are intermittently positive for benzodiazepines, and he […]

Mr. Jones is a 72 year old Gentleman who was cared for in an acute medical setting, to ensure patients confidentiality is maintained (NMC2009) his name has been changed. The student nurse was called to assist Mr. Jones who had alerted the staff on the ward that he was in need of assistance in the […]

Joy, a 75-year-old African American female has Lewy body dementia. She has recently been admitted to the short-term unit for rehab after a hip fracture which happened at her assisted living facility. She is now being transferred back to her assisted living facility. You are the assigned social worker for Joy. What are your initial […]

A 53-year-old male school teacher presents for a new patient evaluation at a primary care clinic. He lives in a very rural part of the state with minimal specialist resources. At age 43 he had an abnormal mole removed that turned out to be an early melanoma. On evaluation after excision, the oncologist felt that […]

Darius is a 24-year-old graduate student who is healthy, but he’s concerned about his future health. His middle-age parents recently developed hypertension, and Darius would like to stay healthy for as long as possible. To achieve this long-term health-related objective, Darius should ______. Multiple Choice obtain about 20 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise each […]

 70 YoF that presents for a lesion below her left eyebrow. She states she has had a non-healing ulcer there for the last 4-5 months, with it changing from healing to being inflammed. She states today it appears to be healing, but wanted to be sure given her history of skin cancer in the past. […]

revise this evaluation: All of Zayed 4 had very positive feedback to offer for Mel. We really enjoyed having Mel come work with us. Mel was engaged, jumped right in, and was eager to scan patients. She has great attention to detail, asks great questions, and is great with the patients. She is thorough, takes […]

84-year-old patient referred by PCP for medical advice on patient with a history of receiving multiple blood transfusions for multiple surgical procedures. The patient has a history of jaundice over the past few years, etiology unknown. No history of significant alcohol intake and only one drug could implicate Hepatitis which is Aldomet. He has been […]

An 8-year-old girl presents with drooling and a complaint of painful swallowing. She has a high fever and is lethargic. On examination the nurse sees that her palatine tonsils are bright red and swollen. The girl’s mother says that she has never had these symptoms before. A throat culture indicates a streptococcus infection. What is […]