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If an athlete chooses to follow a low-carb, high-fat diet anyways, which supplement might help prevent some of the negative effects on strength-training performance?

Your high school athlete with type 1 diabetes ate a high-carbohydrate snack after school, and a large amount of Gatorade just before practice. At the start of practice, you notice him acting sluggish. He tells you he feels tired and nauseous, but is very thirsty. You suggest he check his blood glucose level. What is likely the appropriate first treatment?

Which of the following findings on a female student athlete’s pre-participation examination would most likely impact her ability to begin training with the cross-country team?

You estimate that your athlete needs about 2200 calories. She uses a 32oz water bottle. Using this information, about how many water bottles should you recommend she consume each day?

Your cross country athlete has been prescribed a daily supplement of iron by the team physician. You ask her how it is going, and she tells you she stopped taking it because it made her feel nauseous. You want to give her recommendations to help her take the supplement and make it effective. Which of these is FALSE?

Which measure consistent with the use of cognitive behavioral therapy could the nurse incorporate into the treatment plan of a chronically depressed patient?

Which question would the nurse include when assessing a person who participates in nonsuicidal self-injury behaviors? (Select all that apply)

A week after beginning fluoxetine (Prozac), a patient complains, “I still feel so depressed all the time.” Based on pharmacodynamics, the nurse’s best action is to:

A nurse is caring for a patient who has acute stress disorder and is experiencing severe anxiety. Which of the following statements should the nurse make?

The nurse sees a depressed patient who has psychomotor retardation leaving the dining room. The patient’s shirt is soiled from spilled food. The nurse should: