A 12-year-old female is scheduled to receive three vaccines during her annual wellness exam. Prior to administrating the vaccines, the nurse provides the patient’s parents with the appropriate Vaccine Information Statements (VIS). Select the description that best summarizes the purpose of these documents. To provide a recipient , parent, or guardian with a record of […]
Mr. Jones is a 72 year old Gentleman who was cared for in an acute medical setting, to ensure patients confidentiality is maintained (NMC2009) his name has been changed. The student nurse was called to assist Mr. Jones who had alerted the staff on the ward that he was in need of assistance in the […]
A 35 year old man with opioid use disorder (prescription opioids which progressed to heroin) has initiated office-based treatment with buprenorphine, advanced to 16mg per day. He reports ceasing opioid use, and his urine toxicologies are consistently negative for all opioids but positive for buprenorphine. However, his urines are intermittently positive for benzodiazepines, and he […]
A 19-year-old female presented to the audiology clinic with chief complaint of right sensorineural hearing loss after head injury following a skateboarding accident. Which of the following tests (with reasoning) would be most important to diagnosing this pathology? Group of answer choices Tympanometry (assess ear canal volume and static compliance) CT scan (assess for temporal […]
Rae is a 27-year-old cisgender woman who presents to your clinic to discuss birth control options. She has been sexually active with men only in the past, and she has had two sexual partners in the past three months. She denies intimate partner violence but does not feel comfortable insisting on condom use. Rae was […]
Emily is a 35-year-old woman who presents to a mental health clinic with complaints of significant mood swings and irritability that coincide with her menstrual cycle. She reports feeling intensely sad and hopeless during the week before her period, followed by a sudden improvement in mood once her period begins. Emily also experiences physical symptoms […]