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The nurse practitioner is evaluating a 12-year-old boy with the chief complaint of “scrotal pain”. The client reports the pain developed suddenly upon awakening that morning with associated nausea. He has vomited twice since arriving at the clinic. He denies fever or dizziness. He denies any prior injury or trauma to the scrotum. During the physical examination, the NP finds a tender, warm, and swollen left scrotum with a negative cremasteric reflex. A urine dipstick is obtained and is negative for leukocytes, nitrites, and blood. What is the most likely diagnosis for this client? 

Which of the following compound has a total of 4 signals in the 13C NMR?

The most common cause of chronic pancreatitis in adults is which of the following?

A patient presents with elevated liver enzymes and is diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis.  How would the student describe the pathophysiology of this disease process?

A 54-year-old male complains that he has been vomiting blood.  Tests reveal cirrhosis.  Which of the following is the most likely cause of his condition

A patient with type 2 DM was admitted to the hospital with altered consciousness and the following lab values: serum glucose 500mg/dL (high) with normal pH.  She states that she has been sick with the “flu” for a week.  The diagnosis is hyperosmolar hyperglycemia nonketotic syndrome (HHNKS).  The NP knows that this is characterized by:

A patient is experiencing reflux of chyme from the stomach.  He is diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux.  This condition is caused by:

While planning care for a patient with hypothyroidism, which principle should the provider remember?  The basal metabolic rate is unusually ___________with hypothyroidism.

A patient is reading the colonoscopy pathology report and reads that there are “skipped lesions”.  Which disease is associated with this finding?

The nurse knows that glucagon has which normal physiological reaction in the body?