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A 7 year old boy presents with urticaria and swollen lips after eating desert at a school function. Further examination reveals a tachycardia, warm extremities, a capillary refill of 4 seconds, and decreased mentation on neurological examination. What is the circulatory assessment of this child?

A child who weighs 22 lb, 2 oz needs a medication. The NP learns that the recommended dosing for this drug is 25 to 30 mg per kg per day in three divided doses. The NP should order:

The longer-term Xanax patient comes in and states they need a higher dose of the medication. They deny any additional, new, or accelerating triggers of their anxiety. What is the probable reason?

When should you refer your patient to a psychiatric provider?

The most common cause of coronary artery disease is:

Which of the following drugs has been associated with increased risk for myocardial infarction in women?

When providing a woman with education regarding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during and after menopause, the nurse should include information that low hormone levels:

Angina is produced by an imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply (MOS) and demand (MOD) in the myocardium. Which of the following drugs help to correct this imbalance by increasing MOS?

A patient who has stable angina pectoris and a history of previous myocardial infarction takes nitroglycerin and amlodipine (Norvasc). The patient asks the primary care nurse practitioner (NP) why it is necessary to take amlodipine. The NP should tell the patient that amlodipine (Norvasc):

In every state, prescriptive authority for NPs includes the ability to write prescriptions: