An 83-year-old man presents to the community behavioral health clinic, where he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease by the PMHNP. He currently smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and declines help with smoking cessation. Which medication for Alzheimer's disease is contraindicated in this patient due to smoking status?

A 68-year-old male patient on an inpatient geropsychiatric unit scored 3 on the Lewy Body Composite Risk Score (LBCRS). What does this score indicate?

A 74-year-old client is diagnosed with COVID and is admitted to an inpatient hospital. Days later, he is more energetic than before his diagnosis. He exhibits flights of ideas, delusions of grandeur, and is ready to leave the hospital because he feels "so incredible." Which of the medications used in the treatment of COVID could have induced mania in this client?

A 49-year-old man with a history of a liver transplant presents with painless purplish spots on his face and mouth. The nurse practitioner suspects which of the following?

A 41-year-old Malaysian man is referred to the PMHNP following an incident at work. He says a coworker insulted him, and the next thing he knows the police were called. He does not remember attacking the coworker, but he was arrested for assault. Which culture-bound syndrome should the PMHNP include in the differential 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 22-year-old Asian man has been diagnosed with a seizure disorder. Prior to initiating treatment with an anticonvulsant, what should his nurse practitioner consider?

An 83-year-old man presents to the community behavioral health clinic, where he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease by the PMHNP. He currently smokes two packs of cigarettes a day and declines help with smoking cessation. Which medication for Alzheimer's disease is contraindicated in this patient due to smoking status?

The psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner is treating a 26-year-old woman diagnosed with bipolar I disorder who has exhibited a partial response to Lamictal 200 mg PO BID. The PMHNP wants to augment the Lamictal with valproate (Depakote). To do so, how must she change the dose of Lamictal?

An urgent care nurse practitioner comes in to examine his patient, a 77-year-old woman who was brought in by her family for altered mental status. He notes that the patient appears restless and does not know where she is. Upon further assessment, he notes that her pupils are sluggish to react to light and are unequal in size. She is unable to sit up at the side of the bed and her blood pressure is 190/88 mm Hg. Which of the following does the NP suspect?

The nurse practitioner provides education about treatments to a 45-year-old woman with a diagnosis of chronic low back pain. Which of the following is NOT considered a first-line treatment for chronic low back pain?