Charlie is a 65-year-old male who has been diagnosed with hypertension and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Doxazosin has been chosen to treat his hypertension because it:

An elderly patient with chronic constipation reports long-term use of an over the counter laxative to facilitate bowel movements and adds, “If I don’t take it, I can’t go on my own and get really uncomfortable abdominal pain.” Based on the patient’s report, you suspect they are using ________________.

Beta blockers are the drugs of choice for exertional atherosclerotic angina because they:

Despite good blood pressure control, an MSN-RN might recommmend a patient’s drug be changed from an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor to an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) because the ARB:

A 70-year-old patient with stable COPD who is new to the clinic reports taking a 10 mg prednisone tablet daily for several years. Based on a firm understanding of corticosteroid use, the MSN-RN acknowledges that the provider should:

Christy has exercise-induced and mild persistent asthma. She has been prescribed one puff daily of beclomethasone (QVAR) metered-dose inhaler (MDI), an inhaled corticosteroid (ICS), and two puffs of her rescue inhaler, albuterol (ProAir) MDI, 15 minutes before exercise and as needed for wheezing. Teaching regarding her inhalers includes:

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A patient reports having episodes of dizziness, nausea, and lightheadedness and describes a sensation of the room spinning when these occur. The primary care NP will refer the patient to a specialist who, after diagnostic testing, is likely to prescribe:

Medications used in the routine management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include:

Which of the following thalamic nuclei is involved in learning, memory and emotion?