A patient who takes aspirin daily is scheduled for surgery in one week. What action will the provider suggest to minimize the patient’s risk for injury?

A woman with a seven-month history of gastroesophageal reflux disease presents to the clinic. She is taking lansoprazole 15-mg tablet once daily and ranitidine 20 mg for breakthrough symptoms. Her symptoms are still present three to four days per week, and it is interfering in her daily life. She denies drinking alcohol or eating spicy food; she was adherent to her medication. An endoscopy evaluation reveals no ulcers or erosion. What is the best drug regimen for the patient?

A nurse practitioner is treating a patient diagnosed with severe hypertensive crisis. Which of the following medications dilates both arterioles and veins?

What is the difference between prednisone and dexamethasone?

The family nurse practitioner is aware that the following class of drugs is most likely to precipitate a hypertensive crisis in the older adult:

A patient comes to the rural clinic having taken an undetermined amount of heroin. Before transferring the patient to a psychiatric treatment facility, the family nurse practitioner anticipates the drug of choice for an opioid overdose is:

A patient with a history of coronary artery disease requires treatment for recurrent migraine headaches. Which of the following medications should the nurse practitioner not prescribe?

A patient with glaucoma will start using brimonidine to reduce increased ocular pressure over the long term. Which statement made by the patient indicates effective medication education?

A patient with hypothyroidism is admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. His thyroid labs were obtained and are thyroid-stimulating hormone 15.0 units/mL and free T4 0.2 ng/dL. He reports that six months ago his provider increased his levothyroxine to 250 mcg. The patient’s wife says that the patient takes his meds every morning with breakfast. Which of the following will properly address his thyroid function?

When prescribing oral medications for an overweight patient with type 2 diabetes who also has a voracious appetite, the nurse practitioner is likely to prescribe which medication to encourage weight loss and reduce appetite, as an adjunct to improved diet and exercise?