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?
Read DetailsA 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?
Read DetailsPlease 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.
Read DetailsYou 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?
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