A patient comes to the primary care practice clinic complaining of difficulty breathing. What is most important to establish initially in this patient?

Which of the following structures could the nurse practitioner learner palpate during an external exam of a male patient?

The nurse practitioner is reviewing a case study where the patient presents to the emergency room with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and mild fever. The patient thinks it is food poisoning because she went to a greasy spoon diner for a friend’s birthday last night. The symptoms started about five hours later. What diagnosis would the nurse practitioner anticipate?

A 24-year-old female patient comes to the nurse practitioner’s office with a complaint of one day of fever of 102°F (38.9°C), a diffuse macular rash, vomiting, headache, and decreased urine output. Which information obtained in the patient’s history would be most significant given the patient’s clinical presentation?

Which of the following statements regarding autoimmune hepatitis is incorrect?

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

The nurse practitioner knows that the majority of breast cancers occur in which area of the breast?

What is considered a hallmark of cancer?

What class of oral hypoglycemic drugs reduces gluconeogenesis, increases insulin sensitivity, and increases peripheral glucose uptake?

A patient reports prolonged stiffness in the neck and back almost every morning for the last few weeks. She also reported being tired all the time and generalized pain in her pelvis and shoulders. Labs indicate elevated ESR (50 mm/hr), normal rheumatoid factor, normal creatine phosphokinase, and normochromic normocytic anemia. Temperature is slightly elevated. Other vital signs are normal. Based on this information, what is the most appropriate diagnosis?