You are an NP in a busy primary care practice seeing Amanda, a thirty-five-year-old with diabetes mellitus Type 2 who is new to your practice and stru

Scenario

You are an NP in a busy primary care practice seeing Amanda, a thirty-five-year-old with diabetes mellitus Type 2 who is new to your practice and struggling to lose weight. She requests a prescription
for Belvig, the new weight loss drug she’s heard so much about, to get her weight loss “jump started” so she does not feel so discouraged. The patient admits to not exercising or watching her diet. Her BMI is
31 (>30is considered obese) and her HbA1Cc is 8.2 (goal is < or =7). Her family history indicates that in addition to her diabetes, she is at increased risk for coronary artery disease. She is currently taking
Metformin 1 Gm bid. You do a quick and find a recent article in Diabetes Care Journal and do a quick
critical appraisal.

Tasks:

On the basis of your review of the scenario, in a 2-page APA-formatted paper, respond to the following:

In this assignment you will use the same clinical scenario. See scenario below.

• What is your professional judgment in prescribing a weight loss drug for a patient who is not following dietary recommendations or exercising?

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