A 45 year old male with a diagnosis of human immunodeficienc…

A 45 year old male with a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease presents with a chief complaint of painful area on his right side for two days. He denies nausea, vomiting, trauma, cough and rash. Examination reveals tenderness in a horizontal linear pattern over the right lateral thorax. You take all the history and physical examination findings into consideration and prioritize your list of possible diagnoses. Based on the most likely cause which one of the following steps will you take first?

An 80 year-old resident of a long-term care facility who has…

An 80 year-old resident of a long-term care facility who has a history of multiinfarct dementia (MID) is alert but disoriented to person, place and situation. His only health problems are MID and osteoarthritis. Over the past two weeks he has become agitated, has demonstrated exit-seeking behavior and has been noted to be continually rubbing his knees. The nurse practitioner suspects that this client is likely experiencing: