A 75-year-old man reports to his primary care office feeling…

A 75-year-old man reports to his primary care office feeling fatigued and weak. Upon examination the patient has bradycardia and a blood pressure of 110/60 mm Hg. The current antihypertensive regimen includes metoprolol, enalapril, amlodipine, and chlorthalidone. Which of his medications is contributing to his lower heart rate?

Mr. Smith is a 50-year-old patient that has been diagnosed w…

Mr. Smith is a 50-year-old patient that has been diagnosed with COPD using Spirometry. Further assessment results show his FEV1 is 40% of predicted, CAT score of 16, and NO exacerbations in the past year. Based on your knowledge of the refined ABCD assessment tool (GOLD 2017), the NP should label this patient as follow:

A nurse was unable to find insulin pen needles for administe…

A nurse was unable to find insulin pen needles for administering an insulin pen in a hospital setting.  Instead, the nurse accessed the insulin pen cartridge with a U-100 insulin syringe to withdraw the dose, as she had commonly done in a previous job. This is considered an unsafe practice and is against the hospital’s policy. Is the nurse’s action a rule-based mistake, a violation, both, or neither?