Obesity (OB) genes are those that influence BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, eating behaviors, energy expenditure, and abdominal fat, with overlap for genes that influence lipids, blood pressure, insulin, and nutrient partitioning.  Which gene is recognized as the strongest OB signaling gene? 

Culturally responsive care includes the need to overcome language barriers.   Which of the following interventions are necessary to address the language barrier and to meet federal law regarding Medicaid and Medicare federally funded programs? (select all that apply)   

Playdates are a fun way for children to develop friendships and learn important social skills.  There are important safety issues that need to be addressed prior to sending children off to a playdate.  For example, food and pet allergies, knowing the who will be supervising the play and who will be present, are there any guns in the house and are they unloaded and locked up.   One important question is to ask about swimming pools and trampolines.  Select the appropriate safety measures regarding pools and trampolines based on the recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.   

Which of the following is NOT a known consequence of obesity? 

Select the least reliable measure of adiposity. 

Epidemiologic research is often done to investigate lifestyle risk factors.  For practical and ethical reasons, this type of research is generally done using which of the following types of studies?  

A complete epidemiologic description of the health of the community would include indices of health as well as indicators of the psychosocial milieu of the community.  Homicide and suicide rates, infant mortality, teenage pregnancy, and occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases are among the descriptive variables for the health of the community classified as which of the following variables?    

Prenatal care is an important intervention to decrease infant mortality and mitigate low birth weights.  In an effort to improve access to and quality of prenatal care, an innovative model called CenteringPregnancy was initiated in 1993.  Select the correct description of this innovative model? 

You are evaluating a 78-year-old-man in the clinic for a one-week follow-up post-discharge for an accidental fall at home.  He is being care for at home by his son at night and a caregiver from an agency during the day.   He shares with you his caregiver from the agency told him he needs to stop being so stupid and take his medicine or his son will be notified so he will be in trouble.  This represents what type of older abuse? 

Based on the assigned reading in the Advanced Practice Nursing book, which changes have contributed to the evolution of the present-day nurse practitioner’s (NP’s) role? Select all that apply.