NURSING 6005 Pharm W9A1 CORRECTLY ANSWERED

Angela is a 54-year-old married woman with three adult children. She has been the office manager of a small law firm for 20 years and has enjoyed her work until this past year. She has rheumatoid arthritis with minimal impairment that has been managed well with NSAIDs. She has been taking conjugated estrogens for 8 years and decided to stop taking them because of her concern of their risks without sufficient medical benefit. She has tolerated the discontinuation without difficulty. Assessment: At her annual medical checkup appointment, she told her primary care provider that she seemed to be tired all the time, and she was gaining weight because she had no interest in her usual exercise activities and had been overeating, not from appetite but out of boredom. She denied that she and her husband have had marital difficulties beyond the ordinary and she was pleased with the achievements of her children