A 16-year-old is brought into emergency after complaining extreme back pain and collapsing at a soccer game. She is confused and lethargic. Friends say she has been complaining about muscle pain and stiffness. They say her mother and grandmother both have severe osteoporosis. The girl has been taking steps to prevent the disease in herself […]

A 75-year-old client had surgery for a hip fracture yesterday. The client is under stress as a result of pain, sleep deprivation, and the hospital environment. The nurse caring for the client implements a proactive approach to pain management. Pain-management plans include communicating frequently to establish an acceptable pain rating, conducting hourly pain assessments, and […]

Scott is a 42-year-old cisgender man with a past medical history of hypertension and diabetes who presents with rectal pain, rectal bleeding, tenesmus, and constipation for 6 weeks. He has no known history of inflammatory bowel disease. He is sexually active with men only and has insertive and receptive anal sex without condoms. He takes […]

Liam, a Caucasian male, presents with his father with the chief complaint of diarrhea for the past 3 weeks. Liam is 41-months old and has previously had a benign medical history. Per Dad, the family was vacationing in the Outer Banks recently but seems to recall that symptoms may have started before they left for […]