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Catherine is a 65-year-old patient here to see you for follow-up labs two months after a new diagnosis of HFrEF. Her medications include sacubitril-valsartan, carvedilol, spironolactone, and dapagliflozin. Her current potassium is 6.0 mEq/L. What is your best intervention to keep Catherine healthy?

Mrs. McGitty is an 83-year-old patient in the nursing home. She has rheumatoid arthritis and is on daily steroid therapy. She was recently exposed to TB. The initial PPD is negative. What would be your most appropriate action? 

Dennis is a 28-year-old who has had asthma for 5 years. He tells you he had a “cold” last week and now feels really short of breath, especially with activity. He is unable to go to work.  He has a productive cough of thick white phlegm. Pulse ox is 96%. You auscultate expiratory wheezes in the upper and middle lobes. What treatment should you suggest? 

According to the latest GOLD guidelines, which vaccinations would you recommend for your 60-year-old patient with COPD? Select all that apply. 

Which initial test is considered the current “gold standard” when diagnosing and evaluating HF?

At what rate in mL/hr will the nurse set the infusion pump to administer the remaining tPA dose over the prescribed time frame? (Round answer to the nearest 10th if needed; do not need to include label.) 

In ____________________, the brain is studied with tools such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to see what is happening when people make choices,

A home health nurse cares for a patient diagnosed with a complete thoracic 5 (T5) spinal cord injury after falling from a ladder. The nurse assesses the patient and develops a nursing diagnosis of “Situational low self-esteem related to sudden decrease in independence.” Which nursing action should be included in the patient’s plan of care?

We can tell whether an additional dollar of income is worth more to a poor person or a rich person, because we do know those individuals’ preferences with any degree of accuracy. (True/False)  

Suppose a consumer of goods x and y is maximizing total utility.  , where MU indicates marginal utility and P indicates price of good.  In this case, a consumer will likely to purchase _________________