A nurse practitioner is working in the urgent care setting….
A nurse practitioner is working in the urgent care setting. A female patient with a history of migraine headaches presents with a headache with throbbing pain on the left side. The nurse practitioner would like to prescribe injectable sumatriptan. What information below is most important for the nurse practitioner to obtain?
Read DetailsAn adult female patient is seen in the family planning clini…
An adult female patient is seen in the family planning clinic for a consultation on contraception with the family nurse practitioner. She is using oral contraceptives but forgets to take them because her work schedule changes every week; she is looking for an effective method that will be easy to remember. She has been married for 14 years, is G2 T2 P0 A0 L2, and is a nonsmoker. She has a negative past history for major diseases and a negative gynecologic history for abnormalities. She has never been treated for a sexually transmitted infection and is in a mutually monogamous relationship. She is needle phobic and faints when she has to have blood drawn. What contraceptive method would be the best choice for the patient?
Read DetailsDuring a specialty rotation, the learner is with a neurologi…
During a specialty rotation, the learner is with a neurologist seeing a patient diagnosed with focal dystonia. The neurologist is considering treatment with botulinum. What statement by the neurologist provided the correct mechanism of action for botulinum?
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