A 28-year-old male with a traumatic brain injury presents to office due to being denied disability at this time. The client has difficulty completing tasks, is easily frustrated, and has a short temper. He has been fired from three jobs in the past two years due to outbursts on the job site. Which of the […]

Case Study: Sarah, a 55-year-old woman, experiences chest pain and shortness of breath during physical exertion. She has a familv historv of heart disease and is a smoker. Critical Thinking Questions: Which anatomical structures are likely implicated in Sarah’s symptoms? How does the physiology of coronary artery disease lead to chest pain? ◦ What diagnostic […]

 Mr. Jackson, a 48-year-old male, presents to you as a new patient. He just started working at a local factory and now has insurance. He has been seen at the local health department for the past 5 years. Has not had labs done in at least 2 years and no records are available during the […]

You started Ms. Gray on rosuvastatin 40 mg after an MI 6 months ago. She is doing well and reports cardiac rehab went well. She thinks that MI was a wakeup call for her to get her health in shape. She presents today for follow up of her HTN, hyperlipidemia and Type 2 Diabetes. Her […]

Dan and Jon are identical twins and grew up in the same middle class home. Their parents passed away when they were 18. Jon had a scholarship and was able to not only get a bachelors degree but go on to law school. Now at 35, he has been practicing law for 7 years and […]

Tasha is the charge nurse on a busy surgical unit. She is expecting the clinical instructor from the local college to arrive on the unit at 4:00 pm to review and discuss potential assignments for nursing students scheduled for the following day. Just as the clinical instructor arrives, one of the patients on the unit […]

The patient is a 17-year-old female Caucasian who presents herself to the Emergency Department. Pt was accompanied by her father and grandmother. The patient has Hx of borderline personality disorder, PTSD, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depressive disorder (MDD), suicidal attempts, nightmares, and eating disorders. According to the patient’s father, the patient has episodes of […]

A 32-year-old Caucasian male reports to clinic complaining of an intermittent dull “ache” in his left groin. He states it does not hurt all the time and “it isn’t bad, it’s just annoying and uncomfortable.” He states it usually bothers him after working out. He states he can feel a “spongy” area in his scrotum […]

Mr. Manuel Sanchez resides in the memory unit of a skilled nursing facility due to his dementia. He is very active and likes to walk throughout the unit. However, he will occasionally enter another residents’ room and sometimes will trip over furniture. Mr. Sanchez is on a number of psychotropic drugs that his adult son, […]

Ralph is a 50-year-old cisgender man with a past medical history of HIV currently treated with abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine (ABC/DTG/3TC). His last CD4 count was 480 cells/mm3, and his last viral load was undetectable about 3 months ago. Last year, he was diagnosed with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) after noting painful penile lesions. He took valacyclovir 1 […]