A 66-year-old man with diabetes and a family history of glaucoma presents with new onset vision difficulties. Which of the following tests is commonly used as part of a comprehensive glaucoma exam?

A 59-year-old man presents to the nurse practitioner with a poorly demarcated, warm, erythematous area on his lower right leg. It is associated with edema and produces tenderness on palpation. What is the pathogenesis of cellulitis?

A 29-year-old female patient presents to the nurse practitioner with complaints of an enlarged thyroid gland and protruding eyeballs. Upon assessment, the NP learns the patient has hypertension, nervousness, and fine tremors of the hands. Which of the following medications should be ordered for the patient?

A 40-year-old woman began taking risperidone (Risperdal) for symptoms of schizoaffective disorder 3 days ago, and today she feels restless. She is pacing around and is unable to remain still. Which action should the PMHNP perform first?

What are the expected assessment findings in a patient with central diabetes insipidus?

A 29-year-old nulligravid woman presents to the nurse practitioner with a chief concern of a lump in her breast. On clinical exam, the NP detects a 2 cm x 1 cm nontender, smooth, round, rubbery, mobile mass in the upper outer quadrant of the patient’s right breast. The NP understands this mass is most likely which of the following?

A student in a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program is learning to assess schizophrenia. She administers the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) to a fellow student, who scores 30. What does this score indicate?

The nurse practitioner suspects that a 41-year-old man has a GI bleed. Which of the following is correct about upper versus lower GI bleeds?

A patient presents to the urgent care clinic with tachycardia, tachypnea, and diffuse crackles upon auscultation. Which of the following findings would be most consistent with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?

A 68-year-old woman is referred to the PMHNP 4 months after her husband died. The referral was made by the woman's primary care physician. She reported to the physician that she can hear her deceased husband's voice calling out to her as she is falling asleep. This usually happens after she has been talking about him with friends or looking through old photo albums. The PCP is worried the patient is having a psychotic episode and would like her to have a psychiatric evaluation. Which of the following statements explains why her symptoms are not considered to be psychotic?

A 16-year-old boy with a history of appendicitis presents with abdominal pain, malaise, weight loss, and bloody diarrhea. The nurse practitioner suspects ulcerative colitis (UC). What is the pathophysiology of UC?