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A 22-year-old woman is being seen at the clinic for problems with vulvar pain, dysuria, and fever. On physical examination, the APRN notices clusters of small, shallow vesicles with surrounding erythema on the labia. There is also inguinal lymphadenopathy present. The most likely cause of these lesions is:

The APRN examines a 6-month-old infant and places the infant’s feet flat on the table with his knee flexed and sacrum flat on the table. The APRN notes that the right knee is significantly lower than the left. Which of these statements is true of this finding?

During the physical examination, the nurse practitioner notices that a patient has an inverted left nipple. Which statement regarding this is most accurate?

An NP student is examining the neck of her patient during a routine physical exam.  The preceptor notices that she palpates the right carotid artery and the left carotid artery at the same time.   The preceptor should provide the following feedback to the student:  

Risk factors for an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) include: 

Which is considered a positive test when performing the Lachman test?

Acute orchitis, a unilateral inflamed, painful, tender and swollen testes is seen in which disease?

A 13 year-old patient comes into the clinic for a routine well check. The advanced practice nurse observes a depression in the lower portion of the sternum and notices a murmur on auscultation of the heart. What deformity of the thorax does this patient have? 

Donna, an advanced practice nurse, reports to her collaborating physician that the patient in exam room 4 exhibits a cerebellar ataxia. They physician understands Donna to mean

Your 56 year old patient was seen with complaints of toe pain. On exam, you noted what appeared to be a developing wound. An MRI and angiogram were negative, leading to a diagnosis of thromboanginitis (aka Buerger Disease). You know that your education to the patient about this diagnosis will be: