Endocrine Prep U :Ace Your Exams:92 Curated Questions for Confident Learning With 100% Correct Answers
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A client has a dysfunction in one of his glands that is causing a decrease in the level of calcium in the blood. What gland should be evaluated for dysfunction? - ️️Parathyroid gland
A nurse is assessing a client with possible Cushing's syndrome. In a client with Cushing's syndrome, the nurse ...
Endocrine Prep U :Ace Your Exams:92
Curated Questions for Confident
Learning
A client has a dysfunction in one of his glands that is causing a decrease in the level of calcium in the
blood. What gland should be evaluated for dysfunction? - ✔ ✔ Parathyroid gland
A nurse is assessing a client with possible Cushing's syndrome. In a client with Cushing's syndrome, the
nurse expects to find: - ✔ ✔ deposits of adipose tissue in the trunk and dorsocervical area.
A nurse is caring for a client recovering from a hypophysectomy. What would be included in the client's
care plan? Select all that apply. - ✔ ✔ Assess for neurologic changes.
Closely monitor nasal packing and postnasal drainage.
A nurse is caring for a client with a kidney disorder. What hormone released by the kidneys initiates the
production of angiotensin and aldosterone to increase blood pressure and blood volume? - ✔ ✔
renin
A client has been diagnosed with myxedema from long-standing hypothyroidism. What clinical
manifestations of this disorder does the nurse recognize are progressing to myxedema coma? Select all
that apply. - ✔ ✔ Hypothermia
Hypotension
Hypoventilation
A client has been experiencing a decrease in serum calcium. After diagnostics, the physician believes the
calcium level fluctuation is due to altered parathyroid function. What is the role of parathormone? - ✔
✔ increase serum calcium level
A client has been experiencing a decrease in serum calcium. After diagnostics, the physician proposes
the calcium level fluctuation is due to altered parathyroid function. What is the typical number of
parathyroid glands? - ✔ ✔ 4
A client is admitted for treatment of the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH).
Which nursing intervention is appropriate? - ✔ ✔ Restricting fluids
A client is admitted to an acute care facility with a tentative diagnosis of hypoparathyroidism. The nurse
should monitor the client closely for the related problem of: - ✔ ✔ profound neuromuscular
irritability.
, A client is experiencing an increase in blood glucose levels. The nurse understands that which of the
following hormones would be important in lowering the client's blood glucose level? - ✔ ✔ Insulin
A client presents with a huge lower jaw, bulging forehead, large hands and feet, and frequent
headaches. What could be causing this client's symptoms? - ✔ ✔ hyperpituitarism
A client sustained a head injury when falling off of a ladder. While in the hospital, the client begins
voiding large amounts of clear urine and states he is very thirsty. The client states that he feels weak,
and he has had an 8-lb weight loss since admission. What should the client be tested for? - ✔ ✔
Diabetes insipidus (DI)
A client visits the clinic to seek treatment for disturbed sleep cycles and depressed mood. Which glands
and hormones help to regulate sleep cycles and mood? - ✔ ✔ Pineal gland, melatonin
A client who is frightened of needles has been told that he will have to have an intravenous (IV) line
inserted. The client's blood pressure and pulse rate increase, and the nurse observes the pupils dilating.
What does the nurse recognize has occurred with this client? - ✔ ✔ The client is showing the fight-
or-flight response.
A client is having chronic pain from arthritis. What type of hormone is released in response to the stress
of this pain that suppresses inflammation and helps the body withstand stress? - ✔ ✔
Glucocorticoids
A client is scheduled for a diagnostic test to measure blood hormone levels. The nurse expects that this
test will determine which of the following? - ✔ ✔ The functioning of endocrine glands
A client is undergoing diagnostics for an alteration in thyroid function. What physiologic function is
affected by altered thyroid function? - ✔ ✔ metabolic rate
A client with a history of Addison's disease and flu-like symptoms accompanied by nausea and vomiting
over the past week is brought to the facility. His wife reports that he acted confused and was extremely
weak when he awoke that morning. The client's blood pressure is 90/58 mm Hg, his pulse is 116
beats/minute, and his temperature is 101° F (38.3° C). A diagnosis of acute adrenal insufficiency is made.
What should the nurse expect to administer by IV infusion? - ✔ ✔ Hydrocortisone
A client with a history of hypertension is diagnosed with primary hyperaldosteronism. This diagnosis
indicates that the client's hypertension is caused by excessive hormone secretion from which gland? - ✔
✔ Adrenal cortex
A client with a history of pheochromocytoma is admitted to the hospital in an acute hypertensive crisis.
To reverse hypertensive crisis caused by pheochromocytoma, the nurse expects to administer: - ✔ ✔
phentolamine (Regitine).
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