The NP prescribes a medication which inhibits the angiotensin converting enzyme. Which of the following effects would it have on the patient?

The PMHNP is taking care of a patient that suffers from anorexia. The patient reports using laxatives and has had diarrhea for several days and states she has not eaten anything but some berries over the past 48 hours. The patient also reports to feeling lethargic with a headache.  The PMHNP notes the patient does not look well and has labored, deep breathing. The PMHNP orders ABGs stat after discussing with the consulting internist. Which acid/base disorder would be of most concern based on the information presented? 

A 26-year-old male patient with a diagnosis of schizophrenia has been admitted with suspected hyponatremia after consuming copious quantities of tap water. Given this diagnosis, what clinical manifestations and lab results should the NP anticipate the patient will exhibit?

After Alendronate (Fosamax) is prescribed for a patient with osteoporosis. The nurse teaches the patient that:  

Many people like soccer and basketball. He likes these sports because the action is so fast paced.

Please match the anatomical structure to it’s function.

Online pop up ads and banner ads are commonplace. However, Internet users find it quite annoying.

A 45-year-old man has made an appointment to see his FNP because he has been awakening three to four times nightly to void  AND often has a sudden need to void with little warning during the day. What is the man’s most likely diagnosis and possible underlying pathophysiological problem?

Please be sure to complete each of the following NOW if you didn’t already in your room scan. If your “room scan” didn’t show your desk, you need to do that now. I need to see the entire desk area. Show your index card of notes. Show your BLANK pages to complete your work. The rest of your desk should be clear other than a calculator if you have one. (I don’t care if your room/space is messy, but there needs to be nothing else in reach.) You need to put your phone out of reach – not on your desk, not in your lap or pocket.  Not completing ALL of these steps will result in a zero.

You are researching a bacterial transcriptome when you discover what appears to be an uncharacterized gene (RNA sequence that aligns to the genome in a place with no known gene). About 10 bases upstream of this suspected gene, you find a typical sigma (σ) binding site. In order to study the function of this suspected gene, you use targeted mutagenesis to delete the sigma binding site. What is the most likely outcome of this mutation?