NUR 2474 Pharm Exam (A+ grade with accurate verified solutions available)

A patient taking steroids comes down with the flu. The nurse in the clinic may tell the patient to do what? - ANSTake extra dose of steroids as extra stress situations or illness may need extra steroids and cortisol to help! A patient leaving the hospital questions the nurse about why he has to use insulin while he is at home since her is not a diabetic, but is taking a steroid. What must the nurse educate here? - ANSSteroids cause hyperglycemia. He must take his blood sugar and use insulin to correct it as needed. Adverse effects of steroid use - ANSHyperglycemia Slows growth in children hypernatremia, hypokalemia, and edema Adrenal insuffiency Osteoporosis Pneumonia from immunosuppression Myopathy- increase in muscle due to enlargement Psychological s/s like memory issues and confusion and depression Cataracts and glaucoma PUD