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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?

Acute bacterial prostatitis symptoms are similar to symptoms seen in which other disorder?

Select the correct structure for the NMR below

A thin gray malodorous discharge that adheres to the vaginal walls characterizes which pathological condition?

A patient has a history of long term Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and is now experiencing complications of retinopathy, and peripheral neuropathy.  The patient asks the provider what causes the microvascular complications in patients with DM?  Which of the following is the NPs best response?

How would the NP describe to a patient with epididymitis how the epididymis becomes infected?  

The nurse knows that histamine is released by the ______________and  ______________ hydrochloric acid.