A 30-year-old woman who has tried for a year to become pregnant presents to the nurse practitioner, who diagnoses cervical stenosis as the probable cause of her infertility. Which is the most appropriate treatment?

The PMHNP is working on an inpatient geropsychiatric unit. He is conducting the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) on an 89-year-old woman with suspected dementia. He asks her to draw a clock to test her planning, sequencing, and organizing abilities. Which area of the brain is responsible for planning, sequencing, and organizing?

A 23-year-old woman presents to the PMHNP with a chief complaint of "nervous tension." After a full evaluation and the administration of the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A), the PMHNP diagnoses her with generalized anxiety disorder. He plans to use today's HAM-A score as a baseline and then readminister the scale at every follow-up appointment to monitor treatment. Her score today is 20. What does this score indicate?

A 63-year-old White man presents with bowing deformity of his legs, gait abnormality, and tingling and weakness in his left leg. He is diagnosed with Paget’s disease of bone and asks the NP about his treatment options. Which of the following therapies is considered first line?

A 36-year-old man is evaluated by the PMHNP for a recent incident in which he stayed up for several nights in a row, had much more energy than usual, and believed he was talking to God. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In reviewing his medications, the PMHNP finds he is taking acetaminophen 500 mg BID, bupropion XL (Wellbutrin) 150 mg once daily, Sam-E for pain from an old football injury, and alprazolam 0.5 mg pm for agitation. Which of these should be discontinued immediately?

A 30-year-old woman who has tried for a year to become pregnant presents to the nurse practitioner, who diagnoses cervical stenosis as the probable cause of her infertility. Which is the most appropriate treatment?

A 26-year-old woman with bipolar disorder explains to the PMHNP that she stopped taking her medication during a manic episode, but she now wants to start again. Prior to re-initiating lithium (Eskalith) for mood stabilization, which of the following labs are appropriate to obtain for this patient?

A 13-year-old girl begins to have episodes of temper outbursts that are out of proportion to the situation. Which of the following is a possible diagnosis?

The APRN asks the patient to elevate his eyebrows, close his eyes, smile, frown, and puff out his cheeks. Which cranial nerve is the NP assessing by issuing these instructions?

A 52-year-old woman with a BMI of 31 is diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the knee. The nurse practitioner (NP) instructs the woman that weight loss will help minimize both pain and functional loss. Which of the following most closely explains the NP's advice to lose weight?

A patient calls the PMHNP with a question about her newborn. "She has a shrill, high-pitched cry I have never heard before." The PMHNP advises her to do which of the following?