You are following a 33 y/o female presents with headaches for the last 3 months.  She states they occur randomly and she has throbbing over her left eye associated with photophobia and nausea.  Ibuprofen no longer helps and neither does drinking coffee.  Her vital signs are stable today and they not associated with her menstrual cycles.  LMP was 2 weeks ago.  No other medications.  When should you get a CT of her head?

You are seeing a 64 y/o female with new onset vertigo. Her past medical history includes arthritis, hypertension and gout.  Her medications are as follows: Celebrex, Tylenol arthritis, Calcium with Vitamin D, Colchicine and Lisinopril.  Which one of these medications could contribute to vertigo?

On a screening colonoscopy, a patient is noted to have several diverticuli in the sigmoid colon. He has never had any complaints of constipation, diarrhea, abdominal pain, or rectal bleeding. Which of the following is the best step in the management of this patient?

Repetitive physical exercise may reduce depression, in part because it increases

When confronted with a stressful event, your sympathetic nervous system

Gordon is so afraid of being confined in an elevator that he experiences mild anxiety when thinking about taking an elevator to a higher floor in the building, intense anxiety when pressing the elevator button, and extreme anxiety when getting into the elevator. His greatest fear, however, is experienced while in the elevator. During the process of systematically desensitizing his anxiety, the therapist is likely to ask Gordon first to imagine

Clinicians’ tendency to unconsciously seek evidence that confirms their beliefs and to ignore contradictory evidence is called

A client is admitted for a brown recluse spider bite. The nurse observes that the client has hemorrhagic complications of hematuria, hemoptysis, petechiae, and extensive bruising. These clinical observations indicate to the nurse that the patient may be experiencing which complication associated with the bite?  

What health history information should the nurse expect from the client who has possible testicular cancer?

A female client is diagnosed with Chlamydia during a routine pelvic examination. The nurse knows that teaching has been effective when the patient says which of the following?