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Mary is a 62-year-old female established patient who presents to the clinic with complaints of intermittent diarrhea and nausea for the past week. The type of history taking most appropriate will be:

What is a distinguishing feature of Alopecia Areata?

Jim is a 75-year-old gentleman who presents to your office for a routine examination.  Upon examination, you note fixed white lesions in his mouth.   The differential diagnosis includes:

The acute care nurse practitioner is performing a comprehensive physical examination on a newly admitted patient. On examination of the buttock area, she documents: Left buttock, medially noted with partial-thickness loss of skin with exposed dermis

Knowing dermatology terminology is important for diagnosis and management, the nurse practitioner knows that an example of a macule is:

In the HPI, the nurse practitioner knows the importance of being specific regarding timing.  Which of the following is not a specific timing?

During the interview, the patient says, “my son is moving to another state with his family, I will be alone”.   Using empathetic responses, the nurse practitioner would add:  

The nurse practitioner student is caring for a patient with Anxiety. The patient reports no suicidal ideation. The nurse practitioner knows that “no suicidal ideation” is considered a:  

Which technique by the nurse practitioner demonstrates proper use of the ophthalmoscope?

A mother brings her 15-month-old toddler to the clinic for his preventive health care visit. The clinician takes the history and observes the child’s interactions and behaviors and is then ready to begin the rest of the examination. Which of the following best describes the general approach to the pediatric examination of the young child?