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Donna is a 57-year-old with a 40-pack year history of smoking cigarettes.  She presents requesting help with smoking cessation.  She tells you that she is feeling better than she has in a long time.  “I just got out of the hospital for a nervous breakdown.  The police came and took me because I was trying to jump off the bridge over the Missouri River”.  She has decided she wants to quit smoking so she can “feel really, really healthy”.  You have encouraged her for years to quit smoking and are thrilled she is wanting to quit.  Please select all appropriate treatment options for Donna.

Which are included in the Rome IV criteria used to diagnose irritable bowel syndrome? Select all that apply.

What advice is reasonable to provide a patient regarding prevention of DVT with air travel?  Please select all statements that apply.

A patient presents to your practice with a history of cholelithiasis. Which patient complaining of increased pain would require more urgent evaluation?

What would be an appropriate motivational interviewing technique to utilize with a patient having substance abuse issues?

Please select the statement/statements that is/are true regarding Zika Virus.

Immune globulin for post exposure to this type of Hepatitis is not effective and should not be administered.

You look at your schedule to see that your next patient, Michael, is a 40-year-old with complaints of “abdominal pain”. He is new to your practice. You enter the exam room to find him leaning with his arms over the exam room table. “It’s the only way I can get this pain to feel any better. My gut hurts so bad! Forget laying down at night, I can’t do it. I’ve been going to sleep in the recliner, but now I can’t even lean back. I have to rest sitting up with my elbows on my knees.” What do you suspect is going on with Michael?

All of the following are research-based methods for introducing specific vocabulary words EXCEPT which one?

Which is/are a risk with prolonged proton pump inhibitor (ppi) use? Select all that apply.