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A parent brings in a 2 month old infant with a 5 day history of a white coating on the tongue and decreased oral intake. The NP should prescribe:

A parent brings a 5-year-old child to a clinic for a hospital follow-up appointment. The child is taking a medication at a dose equal to an adult dose. The parent reports that the medication is not producing the desired effects. The NP should:

The NP examines an adolescent who complains of a severe right ear pain for the past 3 days. When retracting the pinna of the right ear to examine the ear, the NP notes erythema, edema, and pain and a large amount of white exudate in the ear canal. The NP should prescribe:

A patient has been taking antibiotics to treat recurrent pneumonia. The patient is in the clinic after having diarrhea for 5 days with six to seven liquid stools each day. The primary care NP should:

A 4-month-old infant has a viral illness with a high fever and cough. The infant’s parent asks the NP about what to give the infant to help with symptoms. The NP should prescribe which of the following?

A primary care nurse practitioner (NP) prescribes a drug to an 80-year-old African-American woman. When selecting a drug and determining the correct dose, the NP should understand that the knowledge of how age, race, and gender may affect drug excretion is based on an understanding of:

Joann is being treated with amoxicillin for acute otitis media and calls the clinic to complain of diarrhea. The appropriate action would be to:

During a gynecologic examination of a sexually active adolescent girl, the primary care NP notes mucopurulent cervicitis. A culture is positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. The NP should:

How soon after exposure should a person receive post-exposure prophylaxis?

Chlamydia conjunctivitis would most likely be treated with all of the following except: