NUR 631 MIDTERM Part 3
- What is your Biggest Concern Re Electrolytes If Diabetic hasn't been taking insulin for
several days & BG High?
Answer Potassium
- What Hormone Stops Growth Hormone?
Answer Simatostatin
- What does Adrenal Medulla Secrete?
Answer Epinephrine
- What does Sodium look like in SIADH?
Answer Low Sodium (Everything is low w/SIADH)
- What does Serum Osmolality look like in SIADH?
Answer Low Serum Osmolality (Everything is low w/SIADH)
- What Form of DI (Diabetes Insipidus) will occur if target cells for ADH have an
Insensitivity?
Answer Nephrogenic DI (Diabetes Insipidus)
- S/S of Thyrotoxic Crisis
Answer Elevated HR Elevated Temp
- If pt with DKA has flu like symptoms for past week, what do these 2 things have in 1 / 2
common when it comes to Insulin Deficiency?
Answer
- We use Fatty Acids d/t Lack of Glucose
- Causes Metabilic Acidosis
- What does Calcitonin do?
Answer Pushes Calcium into Cells Decreases Calcium in Blood
- What does PAN-anything mean?
Answer Means Everything is Low
- What Q's would you Focus on if working a patient up for acromegaly?
Answer How are you sleeping?
(Why? GH stimulates everything & Keeps them awake)
- Type 1 DM C/O Lightheaded, Tachycardic, Pale, Cold, Clammy ( hypo- glycemic). What
Q's would you ASK?
Answer EXERCISING (Exercise can induce hypo- glycemia)
= taking insulin, eating, N/V, sick
- What is Rebound Hypoglycemia called?
Answer Somogyi Effect
- If Diabetic doesn't care @ BG control, what do you tell them they are Trashing?
- / 2
Answer Eyes