A 45 year old non-diabetic, Caucasian male patient’s lipid profile results are sent to the family nurse practitioner with levels as follows:  total cholesterol = 287mmol/L; HDL=30 mg/dL; and LDL=165 mg/dL.  Patient has no other cardiovascular risk factors.  You calculate his ASCVD risk at 7.9%:

You examine a patient 4 weeks after initiating statin therapy with Atorvastatin.  The patient states, “I have mild aches and pains since starting this medication.”  Which of the following actions is most appropriate?

The nurse is caring for a patient with Type 1 diabetes mellitus; when assessing the patient, which of the following findings would be the highest priority?

A nurse plans discharge teaching for a patient who is prescribed radioactive iodine for a thyroid tumor. Which of the following information will the nurse include in the patient’s education? Select all that apply

The nurse is caring for a patient with Type 1 diabetes mellitus; when assessing the patient, which of the following findings would be the highest priority?

During a follow-up visit after gastric bypass surgery, the patient begins crying and says “I didn’t know it would be this hard to live like this.” What response by the nurse is best?

A nurse plans discharge teaching for a patient who is prescribed radioactive iodine for a thyroid tumor. Which of the following information will the nurse include in the patient’s education? Select all that apply

A patient with diabetes mellitus asks, “Why is it necessary to maintain my blood glucose levels no lower than about 60 mg/dL?” How would the nurse respond?

A Community Health Care nurse is providing diabetic education, on the complications of diabetes mellitus, at a public health fair. Which of the following disorders would the nurse include in her presentation? Select all that apply

The nurse is teaching a diabetic patient, with neuropathy in her feet, about gabapentin (Neurontin). Which of the following statements would the nurse include in her teaching?