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During a breast exam of a 25-year-old nulliparous woman, the nurse practitioner palpates several slightly tender, rubbery mobile areas of breast tissue. Both breasts have symmetrical findings. There are no skin changes or any nipple discharge. The patient is expecting her menstrual period in 5 days. Which action by the NP would recommend?

The nurse practitioner is seeing a client for a birth control consult. The client expresses interest in an IUD. Which of the following is true of the IUD (intrauterine device)?

The nurse practitioner is completing a GBS culture from a pregnant patient. From which anatomical location should the specimen for group B streptococcus screening be obtained? 

The nurse practitioner is seeing a 38-year-old African American G2P1001 female as a follow-up after the completion of a 1-hour glucose screening. The result of the client’s 1-hour screen was 120 mg/dL. How should the NP proceed?

In olfaction, receptors are found on the:

Since the visceral reflex arc contains two efferent neurons instead of one and since one neuron is unmyelinated, visceral reflexes are _____.

Half of the fibers of each optic nerve decussate at the ______.

The observation that smelling fresh baked cookies can send you back to an early childhood memory is probably due to the nerve fibers of the olfactory projection pathway sending this information about smell to the _____ when the memory was being formed.

If you are in the woods and a scary bear growls, your pupils are likely to become:

In the figure to the right, which cell is not a true neuron, but releases neurotransmitter?