A patient with Alzheimer’s disease has been taking donepezil for 1 year, with small improvements in both cognitive function and ability to participate in activities of daily living. The patient’s daughter has called the clinic today to report a worsening...
A 37-year-old mother of three has just been diagnosed with a grade I meningioma. As part of patient education, the nurse tells the patient that: The tumor will cause pressure on the eighth cranial nerve. Surgery, which can result in complete removal of the possible...
A 36-year-old patient was referred to the hospital for surgical treatment due to multiple leiomyoma of corpus uteri. The size of the uterus corresponds to 20 weeks of pregnancy. During examination with the help of vaginal mirrors old ruptures of cervix and ectropion...
A 55-year-old patient with newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease is experiencing unilateral tremors only. While the primary care provider will refer the patient to a neurologist, what medication would the primary care provider expect as the initial treatment...
a female patient received a decitabine 10 days ago. a nurse is providing teaching regarding safety and thrombocytopenia, the nurse knows the patient needs additional teaching when the patient states: A. I will shave my legs until my platelet recovered b. I am...
A 31-year-old man who has worked for several years installing fiberglass insulation has developed itchy, irritating lesions on his wrists and forearms over the last several months. He has applied moisturizing creams repeatedly and has taken antihistamines but has...
A 47-year-old patient arrived at the gynecological department with complaints of metrorrhagia. At examination in vaginal mirrors cervix is enlarged, hydropic, in the lumen of the cervical canal there is round dense white-gray formation with diameter 3 cm. What is the...
Rewrite: Ms Tyshika Wright is a 35 year old AAF who presents for a therapy session.She reports she has breathing issues and she went to Franklin square hospital.She is currently using albuterolinhalor.She reports CXR, CT scans and blood work were done.She reports she...
A nurse on a labor and delivery unit is caring for a client who is at 39 weeks of gestation and is in the first stage of labor. Exhibit 1 Medical History Exhibit 2 Nurses Notes 1200: Client is 6 cm dilated, 70% effaced, and at 0 station. Membranes are intact....
Mr. Xavier is a 65-year-old man diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus three years ago. He presents to the outpatient clinic for a routine preventive checkup. Mr. Xavier complains of occasional dizziness when rising in the morning. He reports following a 1,800 ADA- Diet...
Clarise (she/they) is a 33-year-old teacher with a chronic cough for 2 years. She has had a full medical workup and has seen a pulmonologist for their condition, with no pulmonary source found for the cough. What is the most likely reason her ENT referred them to you?...
Bo (he/him) is a 22-year-old mechanical engineer and lead singer in an alt-rock band who has a phonotraumatic lesion. You are engaging him in SOVTs (semi-occluded vocal tract exercises) and he states that he feels “silly” performing them. You attempt to...
