Select the correct answer:  A 70-year-old adult presents for a primary care visit reporting periods of forgetfulness over the past several months. The patient describes difficulty concentrating, has missed several appointments with friends and family and forgot to pay the electric bill. The patient lives with a long-term partner and has children and grandchildren who reside locally. The patient is a retired factory worker and reports enjoying retirement, swims for 45 minutes daily, and reports being active with family and social activities.  Past medical history is positive for osteoarthritis and type 2 diabetes which is well-controlled with metformin.  Vitals: B/P 124/80; pulse 82 regular; R 16; T 97.8 The physical examination is unremarkable. Geriatric Depression Scale score is 2 and a score of 28 out of 30 is observed  on the St Louis University Mental Status Exams (SLUMS) assessment.  What additional diagnostics should be incorporated in the initial evaluation of this patient? 

Select the correct answer. An 88-year-old adult presents with a family caregiver for evaluation by the primary care nurse practitioner. The caregiver reports concerns that beginning 24 hours ago the patient experienced difficulty getting up from a chair and standing for any length of time.  The caregiver reports that the patient was acting as usual one week ago and was able to actively participate in and tolerate a grocery shopping trip. The primary care nurse practitioners first action should be to:

Select the correct answer: Which of the following ophthalmic medications would be used in the management of glaucoma in decrease production aqueous humor of the eye?

__________ founded the first California mission in San Diego.  While he was praised in Spain, and later elected to sainthood by the Catholic Church, the missions he directed were known for forced labor and disease that took a heavy toll among the Native Americans who lived in the missions.

Endocrine glands secrete hormones that enter the bloodstream

The choroid plexus is a specialized area in the ventricles the produces CSF

When the sympathetic division is activated, you would expect to observe all the the following except

Abduction is a movement away from midline

All neuromuscular junctions and all neuron synapses of the parasympathetic division use the neurotransmitter called acetylcholine

Which of the following can regulate autonomic functions in response to emotions