1. Question: Your 50 year-old male African American (AA) patient was found to have a blood pressure of 160/96 upon arrival to your clinic. He does not have any other medical conditions. For the following 24 hours of self-reported vital signs, it remained between 160-170 systolic and 90-100 diastolic without treatment. After finding all basic metabolic panel (BMP) lab values to be within normal limits, your first choice of antihypertensive is most likely which of the following agents?

2. Question: As the nurse practitioner working in a primary care clinic, you have been notified from a hospitalist that your long-term patient with a history of HFrEF (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction) with an ejection fraction of 40% two years ago who is also not on optimal medical therapy has been diagnosed with a myocardial infarction this admission and received emergent placement of a drug-eluting stent to the left anterior descending artery. As the patient’s medical home who will manage this patient after discharge, which of the following would you expect to be a priority in the patient’s care for their heart failure after an acute MI?

3. Question: An otherwise healthy African American adult male has been diagnosed with hypertension. He has been restricting his salt intake, eating a DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet, and exercising more, but his blood pressure is still elevated. Which is the BEST medication to prescribe him?

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147. Question: The following are side effects of albuterol use except which of the following?

148. Question:A 60-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) presents with an acute exacerbation, including increased sputum production and dyspnea. He has no known drug allergies. What is the most appropriate initial antibiotic treatment?

149. Question: Which of the following scenarios suggest a high risk of metabolic acidosis?

150. Question: A geriatric female presents with 48 hours of regional burning pain on the right side of the ribs. The nurse practitioner starts drug treatment with: