A patient with type 2 DM was admitted to the hospital with altered consciousness and the following lab values: serum glucose 500mg/dL (high) with normal pH.  She states that she has been sick with the “flu” for a week.  The diagnosis is hyperosmolar hyperglycemia nonketotic syndrome (HHNKS).  The NP knows that this is characterized by:

A patient is experiencing reflux of chyme from the stomach.  He is diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux.  This condition is caused by:

A patient is reading the colonoscopy pathology report and reads that there are “skipped lesions”.  Which disease is associated with this finding?

While planning care for a patient with hypothyroidism, which principle should the provider remember?  The basal metabolic rate is unusually ___________with hypothyroidism.

Acute bacterial prostatitis symptoms are similar to symptoms seen in which other disorder?

The nurse knows that glucagon has which normal physiological reaction in the body?

A thin gray malodorous discharge that adheres to the vaginal walls characterizes which pathological condition?

Select the correct structure for the NMR below

A patient has a history of long term Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and is now experiencing complications of retinopathy, and peripheral neuropathy.  The patient asks the provider what causes the microvascular complications in patients with DM?  Which of the following is the NPs best response?

How would the NP describe to a patient with epididymitis how the epididymis becomes infected?