An adult nurse practitioner evaluates a new patient, an African American with hypertension who has been taking lisinopril. To optimize the patient’s response, a more effective pharmacological treatment is

Patient is at your office for routine physical exam and you find that he is in atrial fibrillation, he denies discomfort, no shortness of breath, no chest pain and his rate is controlled at 90. What are you going to do?

Justification for the Use of statins in Primary Prevention: An Intervention Trial Evaluating Rosuvastation (JUPITER) found that high-intensity statin therapy was associated with a slight increase in:

When adding pharmacologic therapy to an older adult with diabetes, the clinician knows:

With insulin resistance the body can produce 5 to 8 times the normal amount of insulin produced. What is the estimated endogenous dose of insulin in someone with insulin resistance

  EKG showing LVH will show tall R waves in what leads on an EKG?

You have a 64-year old male who has end stage chronic kidney disease who receives dialysis 3x a week and he has severe mitral stenosis valvular disease and atrial fibrillation. According to the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association what medication is recommended for him with a CHAD2-VASC Score of 2?

The differential diagnosis for Chikungunya is?

A client with a recent tibial fracture reports intense, deep pain rated 10/10 that is not relieved by IV opioids. The nurse notes the leg is firm and swollen, the skin appears pale and cool, and the client reports numbness and tingling in the foot. Pain increases sharply with passive dorsiflexion of the toes. Pedal pulses are present but diminished. These findings are most indicative of:

A client tells the nurse, “My legs start hurting and feeling tight when I walk, but the pain stops when I sit down.” Which interpretation should the nurse use when assessing this finding?