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A 21-year-old patient presents to the clinic complaining of abdominal pain and nausea. On examination the nurse practitioner notes tenderness in the right lower quadrant with rebound pain. The nurse practitioner should collect a full history and use the ____________ to decide if the patient has appendicitis.

When examining the feet of an adult patient, the nurse practitioner asks the patient to lie supine on the table. The nurse practitioner instructs the patient to rotate their left ankle, turning the foot away from and then toward the other foot while the nurse practitioner stabilized the left leg. The nurse practitioner should expect adduction of ________degrees and abduction of __________. 

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A 40-year-old patient presents to the clinic for a wellness examination. During the history-taking portion of the visit, the nurse practitioner learns that the patient is of Asian decent, has a history of previous fractures, works as a bank teller, drinks 4 to 5 diet sodas per day and has smoked for the past 20 years. During the physical examination the nurse practitioner notes moderate scoliosis. The nurse practitioner should recognize that this patient is at risk for…

A patient at risk for a basal/squamous cell carcinoma would have the following risk factors except:

When a nurse practitioner measures the size of a lesion they should:

When evaluating skin lesions the nurse practitioner can use a Wood’s lamp to detect some types of fungal infections. What color will indicate that there is a presence of a fungal infection?

The nurse practitioner is assessing a patient who is lying supine with a bulging flank. The nurse practitioner has the patient press their forearm firmly along the vertical midline of their abdomen. The nurse practitioner then places their hands on either side of the patients abdomen and strikes one side sharply with their fingertips. This procedure is called 

A 62-year-old presents to the clinic with a rash that looks like this: How should the nurse practitioner describe this rash in their note?

A 52-year-old African-American patient presents to the clinic for a wellness examination. During the history taking portion of the examination, the nurse practitioner learns that the patient smokes 2 packs of cigarettes per day, drinks 6-7 beers per day, eats highly-processed meat and has a sedentary job. The nurse practitioner also notes that the patient is obese with a family history of FAP.  The nurse practitioner correctly diagnoses this patient at risk for: