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Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
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Terms in this set (151)

- ADLs
- Bathing
- Grooming
- Dressing
- Tioleting
- Ambulating
Delegation to Assistive Personal - Feeding (without swallowing precautions)
- Positioning
- Rountine Tasks
- Bed making
- Specimen collection
- I&O
- Vital Signs ( for stable clients )

- Monitor for low Bp & bradycardia
- Monitor for chest pain & peripheral edema
- Monitor clients weight
- reorient the client if confusion occurs
- provide frequent rest periods to avoid fatigue & decrease myocardial oxygen
demands
- Monitor respiratory status
- encourage client to cough and breathe deeply to prevent pulmonary complications
Planning Care for a Client Who Has
- low calorie, high fiber diet , & encourage fluids to prevent constipation and promote
Hypothyroidism
weight loss
- Administer cathartics and stool softeners as needed. (Avoid fiber laxatives, interfere
with absorption of levothyroxine)
- Provide extra clothing and blankets for clients who have decreased cold intolerance
- caution use of electric blankets
- Encourage verbalization of feelings and fears about body changes
- Reassure client that most physical manifestations are reversible
- use caution with CNS depressants (barbiturates or sedatives)




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- Fatigue/ lethargy
- irritability
- intolerance to cold
- constipation
- weight gain
- pallor
- think brittle fingernails
- depression & apathy
- joint or muscle pain
- bradycardia, hypotension, dysrhythmias
Signs of hypothyroidism
- slow thought process & speech
- hypoventilation & pleural effusion
- thickening of the skin
- hair loss
- thickening of hair on eyebrows
- dry flaky skin
- decreased acuity of taste
- impotence
- abnormal menstrual periods (menorrhagia/ amenorrhea)
- delayed physical and mental growth in children

Medication for hypothyroidism levothyroxin (synthetic thyroid hormone replacement)

- females 30 to 60 years of age
- use of lithium & amiodarone medications
Risk factors for hypothyroidism
- Inadequate intake of iodine
- Radiation Therapy the head and neck

What is hypothyroidism underactive thyroid

- Graves' disease
- Thyroiditis
Hyperthyroidism risk factors - Toxic adenoma
- Toxic nodular goiter
- Exogenous hyperthyroidism

What is hyperthyroidism? overactive thyroid

- nervousness/ irritability
- muscle weakness
- heat intolerance
- weight loss
- insomnia
- irregular menstrual flow
- frequent stools and diarrhea
- decreased libido
Signs of hyperthyroidism
- Tremor, hyperkinesia, hyperreflexia
- Exophthalmos
- blurry vision or changes
- bloodshot appearance of eyes
- Goiter
- Tachycardia, palpitations, dysthymia
- Elevated blood pressure
- dyspnea




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