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The nurse practitioner examines a patient presenting with back pain.   After observing and palpating the back the provider checks the range of motion. Lastly, the provider asks the patient to lay supine on the exam table.  The provider places one hand above the knee, cups the heel with the other hand and slowly raises the straight leg.  The patient states she feels pain below her knee when the leg is at 60 degrees and the pain worsens with dorsiflexion the ankle.  This finding should suggest:

A 65 year old male patient presents with right shoulder pain that came on gradually and causes him to lose sleep at night.  He is not able to abduct his arm more than 90 degrees.  The advanced practice nurse should suspect

What is the difference between benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and labrynthitis

Amy comes to your office complaining of back pain that started one week ago.  She has no other symptoms (no fever, no numbness, etc.) and no known causative factors.  She was moving furniture yesterday and she thinks this might be the cause.  Which of the following is true about ordering imaging for back pain?  

A 45 year old patient presents with elbow pain.  The history of present illness reveals that the pain came on gradually over the past 6 weeks.  He has no trouble moving the elbow but the pain is aggravating.  Examination reveals no erythema, edema or warmth of the joint but there is some point tenderness over the lateral epicondyle and symptoms intensify with supination against resistance with the elbow flexed at 90 degrees.  The advanced practice provider should suspect which disorder of the elbow?

What part of the microscope is considered the ‘scanning objective?’

In microscopy, what term is used when referring to the ability to distinguish an object from its background?

Regarding cost and benefits, match the correct example

You have been tasked to pick the town of the next business meeting; however, you have been asked to pick between Paris and London. You want to know if there is statistically significant evidence to show that the population mean hotel price in Paris is different from London. Suppose you collect the price of  15 hotels from Paris and Rome, respectively. What is the p-value for the test? ________ (Round your answer to three decimal places) HotelPrice Area 98 Paris 155 Paris 262 Paris 131 Paris 162 Paris 262 Paris 214 Rome 118 Rome 100 Rome 81 Rome 116 Rome 221 Rome 202 Rome 126 Rome 214 Rome

Which child does the nurse anticipate to be most at risk for being hospitalized for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?