NUR 148 FINAL 1
- Which hormone changes does the nurse expect when a patient receives a continuous cortisol
infusion for 24 hours when the patient's negative feedback is normal?
Answer -Lower than Normal adrenocorticotropic hormone ACTH levels
-Lower than normal corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) levels.(NCLEX question page
1238.)
- What issues does the RN expect in an older adult with age related changes?-
Answer Decreased core body temperature, dehydration, hyperglycemia, and polyuria.
- A young adult patient who is being seen in the clinic with excessive secretion of the
anterior pituitary hormones
what lab tests results should the nurse expect?
Answer Increased urinary cortisol
- Which statement made by a 50-year-old female patient indicated to the nurse further
assessment of thyroid function may be needed?
Answer "I feel a lump in my throat when I swallow"
- A patient seen in the ER for a severe headache and acute confusion has a serum sodium
level 118. The nurse should anticipate the need for which diagnostic test?
Answer Antidiuretic hormone level.
- This mineralocorticoid maintains extracellular fluid volume? 1 / 2
Answer Aldosterone
- Which question from the nurse during a pt. interview gives information will provide focused
information about a possible thyroid disorder?
Answer "Have you had a recent unplanned weight gain or loss?"
- A patient admitted with pneumonia has a total calcium level of 13.3. What should the nurse
anticipate will be tested next?
Answer Parathyroid hormone and calcitonin
- What information will a review of a patient's glycosylated hemoglobin A1C results provide
to the nurse?
Answer Average glucose level of the previous 120 days
- This adrenal cortex produced glucocorticoids must be present for epinephrine and
norepinephrine action, and maintaining the normal excitability of the heart muscle?
Answer cortisol
- Stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system causes the release of the adrenal medullary
hormone?
Answer catecholamines
- Dietary intake of protein and iodine is required to produce thyroid hormones? True or
False?
Answer True
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