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A 49-year-old woman presents with acute low back pain. Which additional finding would be considered a red flag requiring further evaluation?

A 27-year-old woman presents with uncomplicated pyelonephritis. She is hemodynamically stable, tolerates oral intake, and has no evidence of sepsis. Which management is appropriate?

A 33-year-old pregnant woman has a urine culture demonstrating >100,000 CFU/mL of E. coli but denies urinary symptoms. Which management is most appropriate?

A 32-year-old woman reports excessive worrying about finances, work, her children’s health, and household responsibilities for the past 8 months. She has difficulty controlling the worry and reports muscle tension, fatigue, irritability, and poor sleep. Which diagnosis is most appropriate?

A 67-year-old woman with chronic knee osteoarthritis asks whether long-term opioid therapy is recommended because acetaminophen is no longer effective. What is the best response?

A 23-year-old healthy woman presents with uncomplicated cystitis. Which medication is considered a first-line treatment?

Emily is an avid reader. Let’s face it, she don’t play when it comes to learning. She is conducting research designed to try to come up with AI programs that can detect when students are are blowing it in college. When students enter information about their day and schedule, the app makes specific recommendations on behaviors they can try to use to improve. Emily spent years developing the software and deciding which behaviors to measure as far as identifying things likely to predict success for college students. The app has been tested, it works, and Emily is ready to do her study. Emily will test CCSU freshman college students. She expects that those college students who use the Birdsey Organization App will have higher grade point averages at CCSU next semester than those who do not. At what stage of the scientific method is Emily at?

Imagine that a graduate of high school experienced racism in the past. Perhaps they felt that teachers limited their opportunities or judged them unfairly based on race. Imagine that this child then comes to college and expects for teachers, professors and advisors to also treat them different than others based on race. Imagine that the student expects the same thing that happened to them previously to occur again, and as a result, they put less effort into their studies and academic work. In this example, what issue is leading to this person’s abilities being underestimated by his grades?

In helping Dr. J make accurate predictions about his patient, Alonzo tries to use the science. The patient Dr. J works with is stressed about school grades, is arguing a lot with their significant other, and is still trying to help their parents adjust to living with an adult. Alonzo points out that school stress or minor romantic relationship squabbles are usually not enough, ON THEIR OWN, to catapult people into engaging in violent acts. However, Azariah points out that sometimes different experiences and dimensions combine together to create unique outcomes for people. For instance, a lot of little things can combine to be a big problem. What key developmental concept is Azariah reminding Alonzo about when making predictions about people?

After talking to Johnny’s family, a story emerged about his infancy. Johnny once attended the Berlin fair with his family and went on a number of fun rides at the carnival for little children. He went on every ride as many times as he could and had a great experience. He developed a schema regarding amusement park carnival rides. He viewed them all as excellent and super fun. The next year, when going to an amusement park with his older cousins, he had to choose whether to ride some of the faster rides at the park. When asked by his cousins if he could ride the rides and enjoy them, Johnny assured his cousins that he loved all rides. In this example, what led to Johnny making a mistake and going on rides that made him throw up his cotton candy at the fair.