Ace The Ambulatory Care Nurse Exam

International normalized ratio (INR) is the preferred test of choice for patients taking vitamin K antagonists (VKA). It can also be used ...

Contraception is the act of preventing pregnancy.  This can be a device, a medication, a procedure or a behavior.  Contraception allows a ...

Hypothyroidism results from low levels of thyroid hormone with varied etiology and manifestations. Untreated hypothyroidism increases morbidity and ...

Recognition of issues related to the use of antibiotics has been present since their early clinical introduction in the 1940s. Since then, the use ...

Depression is a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.

Bisphosphonates define a class of drugs that are widely indicated since the 1990s to treat osteoporosis both in men and women. Their effectiveness ...

Cushing syndrome is caused by prolonged exposure to high circulating levels of cortisol. The most common cause of cushingoid features is iatrogenic ...

Breast cancer is the most prevalent malignancy among female populations and is responsible for the second-highest number of cancer-related deaths i ...

Otoscopy is a clinical procedure used to examine structures of the ear, particularly the external auditory canal, tympanic membrane, and middle ear ...

Pharyngitis is the inflammation of the mucous membranes of the oropharynx. In most cases, the cause is an infection, either bacterial or viral. Oth ...

The palatine or faucial tonsils are in the lateral oropharynx. They are found between the palatoglossal arch anteriorly and the palatopha ...

Wheezing is the symptomatic manifestation of any disease process that causes airway obstruction. Rene Laennec's development of the stetho ...

In 2014, the Eighth Joint National Commiss ...

Skin cancer is a fast-growing epidemic in the United States with greater than 3.5 million new cases diagnosed each year.

Acute pharyngitis is one of the most common complaints that a physician encounters in the ambulatory care setting, accounting for approximately 12 ...

Antihistamines are a pharmaceutical class of drugs that act to treat histamine-mediated conditions. There are two main classes of histamine recepto ...

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is the most common cause of acute, flaccid, neuromuscular paralysis in the United States. Guillain-Barre syndrome was ...

Immunization has become a vital part of public health and disease prevention, and yet, remains a controversial topic in our society today. Diseases ...