The trickiest question of all: where does this class take place?

What are your professor’s cats’ names?

According to Dains et al. (2025), you might order the following labs when a patient presents with symptoms of anxiety, depression or other psychological issue:  Complete blood count with differential,  serum electrolytes, thyroid function tests, and toxicology screens.  The reason you would order these tests is

A 60 year-old female complains of several episodes of dizziness and nausea that started this morning. When she changes positions she will get dizzy.  She denies trauma, falling, or loss of consciousness.  She has a 5 year history of hypertension and takes a beta blocker daily.  On physical examination, there are no neurologic deficits or any abnormal findings and ECG is normal.  Which of the follow tests should be performed?

A positive straight leg raise test is associated with which diagnosis?

According to Dains et al. (2025), you might order the following labs when a patient presents with symptoms of anxiety, depression or other psychological issue:  Complete blood count with differential,  serum electrolytes, thyroid function tests, and toxicology screens.  The reason you would order these tests is

Spinal Stenosis is characterized by:

A 22 year old patient answers yes to both PhQ-2 questions and the advanced practice nurse determines that over the past two weeks, the patient felt depressed and hopeless.  The patient also had little interest in doing daily activities. The advanced practice nurse follows up by asking if the patient felt better off dead and had a plan to attempt suicide.  Which of the following is true of what a nurse practitioner should do in similar cases?

Spinal Stenosis is characterized by:

Clara brings her 80 year old mother to the clinic and reports to you that her mother has gradually seemed more confused over the past two months.  It takes her several minutes to recognize her grandchildren and sometimes she forgets the day of the week.  Focusing on routine tasks such as washing the dishes or getting dressed seems difficult.  She takes more naps during the day than she did in the past. Clara and her family have been feeling more and more concerned about her.   Based on this information the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse should  (choose the best answer):