Category: Exam Prep
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Preparing a client for a thoracentesis
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Learn what the optimal position for thoracentesis to allow for rib separation and safe needle insertion.
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Urinary Incontinence
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 55 year-old female patient with urinary incontinence. Her past medical history is notable for type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Can you figure it out? A 55 year-old female…
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OMM Question of the Day: Lymphatics
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Today’s OMM question involves a 36-year-old man with sinus congestion and feeling like he has fluid in his ears. The patient has bilateral temporomandibular joint dysfunction. Which technique should be avoided in this patient? A 36-year-old man presents to your clinic with five days of rhinorrhea, sinus congestion and feeling like…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Spinal cord injury assessment
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A patient with spinal cord injury reports headache and blurred vision with hypertension and bradycardia. What is the nurse’s first priority action?
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Dyspnea on Exertion
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A 70-year-old woman comes to the emergency department due to a three week history of worsening fatigue, dyspnea on exertion, and lower extremity swelling. Her past medical history is significant for hypertension and hyperlipidemia, but notes no recent travel, sick contacts, or illnesses. She recalls one episode of nausea and diaphoresis while she…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Heparin infusion laboratory findings
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Test your knowledge with today’s NCLEX-RN® question! Learn why monitoring aPTT is key to med effectiveness and optimal patient care. Boost your skills and exam prep!
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USMLE® Step 2 CK Question of the Day: Unilateral Headache With Photophobia
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We’re back with a USMLE® Step 2 CK Question of the Day! Today’s case involves a young woman who is experiencing unilateral headaches with photophobia. Can you prescribe a medication to help her feel better? A 27-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician for evaluation of recurrent headache over…
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OMM Question of the Day: Joint Muscle Energy
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Today’s OMM question involves a 34-year old patient who’s experiencing neck pain. What’s the optimal way to set up a muscle energy treatment for her cervical spine somatic dysfunctions?A 34-year-old woman presents to your clinic with two weeks of neck pain. She describes a dull ache along the right side…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Zenker’s Diverticulum
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves an 80-year-old man. He was hospitalized two weeks ago for pneumonia and now reports difficulty swallowing and regurgitation of undigested food particles. Can you figure out the diagnosis and which…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Lactulose for chronic hepatitis
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on a patient diagnosed with chronic hepatitis. What lab results best indicate that the treatment—the medication, lactulose— is working? The nurse is caring for a client diagnosed with chronic hepatitis who is receiving the medication lactulose. Which of these laboratory results would indicate the medication…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Factor V Leiden
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 25-year-old woman with breathing difficulties and chest pain. Labs show an elevated d-dimer. Purified protein C is added to the patient’s plasma and causes no change in the lab…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Pain at port insertion site
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on a patient who feels pain at the insertion site during infusion of a medication. During the infusion of a medication through an implanted port, a client reports pain at the insertion site. Which of these complications should the nurse suspect to be…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Bilateral Pitting Ankle Edema
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 38-year-old woman with pain in the center of her chest. The pain is slightly better when she sits up straight. Physical examination shows conjunctival pallor and bilateral pitting ankle…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Homozygous Delta-F508 Deletion
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Prepare for the USMLE® Step 1 exam with today’s question focusing on a 3-year-old boy presenting with symptoms indicative of cystic fibrosis and learn to identify the underlying genetic cause. Strengthen your clinical assessment skills and improve your understanding of managing this common genetic condition!
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USMLE® Step 2 CK Exam Dates: When Can You Take the Second Exam?
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Whether you’re a medical student or a graduate, you probably cannot wait to pass all your exams and finally become a certified physician in the US. You’re almost there, but now you’re up for the second USMLE® challenge: the Step 2 Clinical Knowledge exam. But when can you take it?…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question: Tea-Colored Diarrhea
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 34-year-old woman with tea-colored diarrhea for the last 2 months. She experiences muscle cramps and feels weak. Can you figure it out? A 34-year-old woman comes to the office complaining…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Chest pain after venous catheter removal
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A patient experiences chest pain and shortness of breath during catheter removal. What is the nurse’s first priority intervention?
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Right Leg Pain
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 62-year-old man who comes into the clinic to tell you about a pain in his right leg that comes and goes with activity. When you inspect his leg, you…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a 60-year-old man with pain in his scrotum. The scrotum appears to be swollen and the man’s vision has become blurrier. Can you figure it out? A 60-year-old male comes…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Obstructive sleep apnea
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on the postoperative assessment of a client with obstructive sleep apnea. What should a nurse keep an eye on? During the postoperative assessment of a client with a history of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which assessment finding should cause the nurse the most…
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USMLE® Step 2 CS and COMLEX-USA® Level 2-PE Canceled: What This Means For US Medical Students, IMGs, and Institutions
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Some medical students are breathing a sigh of relief that they have one less exam to study for: the United States Medical Licensing Examination® (USMLE®) Step 2 Clinical Skills (CS) exam. The USMLE Step 2 CS canceled news comes about eight months after the exam was initially suspended amidst the…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Spasms and Syncope
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For today’s USMLE® Step 1-style question, we examine the case of a woman who is brought into the ER by her partner after experiencing a sudden episode of jerky movements and loss of consciousness. A 23-year-old woman is brought to the emergency department by her partner due to an episode…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Abdominal Pain
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics and help you prepare for the boards. Today’s case involves an 8-year-old girl who’s experiencing abdominal pain, fever, nausea, and vomiting. Can you figure out the cause? An 8-year-old girl is brought to…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: CPAP masks
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day presents a scenario where an RN is observing a student nurse as they provide oral care to a client. The client wears a CPAP mask to protect against sleep apnea. During the observation, the RN notices the student nurse making an error. Can you…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Signs of End Organ Damage
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics and help you prepare for the boards. Today’s case involves a 64-year-old woman who’s experiencing headaches, vision disturbances, and reduced urine output. Can you figure out what the diagnosis could be? A 64-year-old…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Neural Tube Defects
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a two-hour-old baby who was born with a defect and can’t move his lower extremities. The mother is worried and wants to know if this could occur again if she…
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NCLEX-RN® Question of the Day: Apgar scores
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Today’s NCLEX-RN® question of the day focuses on the Apgar score, a numerical measurement used to quantify the overall health of a newborn baby. How would you explain the Apgar score to a client? A nurse tells the parents of a newborn, “Your baby’s Apgar scores were 9 and 10.”…
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How to Prepare for and Pass USMLE® Step 2 CK as an IMG
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With USMLE® Step 1 becoming pass/fail and USMLE Step 2 CS on hiatus, there’s a greater need for International Medical Graduates who wish to practice medicine in the US to do well on the USMLE Step 2 CK exam. In today’s blog, Osmosis Medical Education Fellow and Regional Lead, Santiago…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Human Leukocyte Antigen Complex
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Each week, Osmosis shares a USMLE® Step 1-style practice question to test your knowledge of medical topics. Today’s case involves a young girl who is worried because of recent urinary issues and weight loss. These symptoms are upsetting her because she is trying to keep a certain weight for boxing…
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USMLE® Step 1 Question of the Day: Acute Chest Pain with Diabetes and Hypertension
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A 60-year-old with chest pain and ECG changes shows LAD artery occlusion. Learn why endothelial cell injury is the first step in atherosclerosis causing myocardial infarction.