A Patient Has Recently Returned from Travel in Central America

question 2

Multiple Choice

A patient has recently returned from travel in Central America and reports having seven to eight liquid stools each day with severe tenesmus.The primary care NP notes a temperature of 102° F.A stool specimen is Hemoccult positive with leukocytes present.The NP will:

• A) order tests for Clostridium difficile.
• B) prescribe tinidazole 2000 mg for 3 days.
• C) give 750 mg of ciprofloxacin one time only.
• D) order a stool culture and begin therapy with a fluoroquinolone.

Grasp the function and importance of extraembryonic membranes in amniote development.

Identify the sequence and significance of structures observed during neurulation.

Recognize the origin and differentiation potential of somites in vertebrates.

Understand the impact of genetic and environmental factors on neural tube defects.

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Definitions:

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where unwanted or distressing thoughts and memories are unconsciously pushed out of conscious awareness.

Anterograde Amnesia

A memory deficit suffered after some kinds of brain damage, in which the patient seems unable to form new explicit memories; however, memories acquired before the injury are spared.

Memory Encoding

The process of converting information into a form that allows it to be stored in the brain.

Memory Trace

The physical record in the nervous system that preserves a memory.