Medical control has ordered administration of a dopamine infusion at 14 mcg/kg/min. The patient weighs 176 pounds. Your medication packaging is shown below and you will be using a microdrip (60 gtt/mL) administration set. What is the correct infusion rate? DO NOT FORGET THE CORRECT UNITS IN YOUR ANSWER.      

Christine is a 55 y/o patient with severe diabetic gastroparesis and diabetic retinopathy.  When considering a medication regimen for Christine, which drug would the APN be leastlikely to prescribe?

Mary is a 65y/o patient who presents with complaints of weakness, fatigue, nausea/vomiting and diarrhea.  Her BP is 90/60 and finger-stick glucose is 64.  There symptoms are concerning for what problem and what diagnostic test may confirm you suspicion?

Risk factors for osteoporosis may include:

Choose the unacceptable health risks/contraindication(s) to hormonal contraception.

Thioamides, like methimazole, can best be described as agents that:

Secondary adrenal suppression/adrenocortical insufficiency:

When prescribing a transdermal patch for hormonal birth control (EVRA), the nurse practitioner is aware that:

You have prescribed an oral antidiabetic drug to your patient, Johnny Depp.   You explain to your patient that this particular drug helps to control post-prandial glucose and is dependent on glucose for therapeutic activity.  The drug/drug class you have most likely prescribed to your patient is:

Metabolic actions of exenatide/ Byetta (GLP-1 Analogs) include: