A patient has been referred to the family nurse practitioner. The patient’s medical history reveals long-term use of benzodiazepines, which the patient considers harmless. The family nurse practitioner understands that benzodiazepines can:

A young female patient presents to your clinic complaining of 10 comedones on her face and 12 inflammatory lesions. She is obese and likes to eat chocolate every day. She is healthy and denies any drug abuse, but she drinks vodka when she is out with friends. Which treatment is best for her?

Which of the following antiarrhythmic medications can cause a lupus-like syndrome?

What is true about competitive inhibitors?

An adult client reports having a wasp sting on her left arm and experiencing swelling, redness, and some itching. It has been three days since the wasp sting, and the symptoms persist. The patient requests an epinephrine autoinjector. The patient denied any trouble breathing, abdominal cramps, or other signs of a systemic anaphylactic reaction. What would be important teaching for the nurse practitioner to provide to the patient?

Which of the following is most accurate about Off-label prescribing?

Which dopamine pathway is associated with hallucinations in schizophrenia?

An adult patient presents at the clinic and states that he has a history of anaphylactic reactions. What signs and symptoms indicate to the family nurse practitioner that the patient is experiencing another anaphylactic reaction?

A nurse practitioner preceptor and learner are discussing serotonin syndrome. Which statement by the nurse practitioner learner indicates understanding?

What is a common side effect of beta 2 agonists?