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A patient is given a new diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. What is the basis for the provider’s decision to prescribe methotrexate?

A patient that you have been seeing has Type 2 diabetes and his A1-C is 9 despite taking Metformin (Glucophage) 1000mg BID. You decide to add a Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) What side effect are you going to educate him about?

The preferred screening test for osteoporosis is

The nurse understands that biologic agents used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis are what type of drugs?

Mr. G comes in to see you today. He recently had a heart attack and has some new meds and wants to review everything with you. He has been prescribed a SGLT-2 medication. He denies having diabetes. He is also taking a beta blocker, Ace inhibitor and an ASA 81mg. What else can an SGLT-2 be prescribed for?

What guidance will the provider give to the patient beginning therapy with oral methotrexate for rheumatoid arthritis?

Of all psychoactive substances, ________ has the longest history of widespread use.

The idea that fibers in the sensory nerves can prevent impulses from reaching the brain – and thus prevent the sensation of pain – is part of the ________ theory of pain.

After living all his life in a town that pumps its water from relatively pure underground wells, John moves to a city that gets its water from a local river and must add chlorine to purify it. He totally dislikes the taste of the city water. His friends, who are long-time city residents, cannot understand his problem because they have experienced ________.

By pairing the ringing of a bell with the presentation of meat, Pavlov trained dogs to salivate to the sound of a bell even when no meat was presented. In this experiment, salivation to the meat was the ________.