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Endocrinology Midterm Exam
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Showing 25 questions, Sign in for moreMary, a 63-year-old patient is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. When determining an education plan, the nurse’s first action should be to?
A client has been taught to restrict dietary sodium. Which food selection by the client indicates to the nurse that teaching has been effective?
A patient is admitted to the hospital in Addisonian Crisis a month after a diagnosis of Addison’s disease. The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis of ineffective therapeutic regimen management related to lack of knowledge of management of the condition when the patient says:
When admitting a patient with a stroke who is unconscious and unresponsive to stimuli. The nurse learns from the patient’s family that the patient has a history of GERD, the nurse will plan to do frequent assessment of the patient’s:
Which information will the nurse include when teaching a patient with newly diagnosed GERD?
The physical environment and traffic control measures of the operating room are designed primarily to:
A patient is taking high doses of prednisone to control the symptoms of acute exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus. When teaching the patient about the use of prednisone, which information is important for the nurse to include?
After her bath, a 62-year-old patient asks the nurse for a perineal pad saying that she uses them because sometimes she leaks urine when she laughs or coughs. Which intervention is most appropriate to include in the care plan for the patient?
A client is taking furosemide (Lasix), a diuretic. and becomes confused. Which potassium level does the nurse correlate with this condition?
During the nursing assessment of a patient with Graves' disease. The nurse notes a bounding, rapid pulse and systolic hypertension. Based on these assessment data, which question is important for the nurse to ask the patient?
A nurse is teaching nutritional strategies to a client who has a low calcium level and an allergy to milk. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?
Mr. D receives a daily injection of 70/30 NPH/regular insulin premix at 7:00 AM. The nurse expects that a hypoglycemic reaction is most likely to occur between:
A nurse is planning care for a client who has acute gastritis. Which of the following nursing interventions should NOT be included in the plan of care?
The nurse is admitting a patient who is nauseated and vomiting up blood-streaked fluid with diagnosis of acute gastritis. When obtaining the admission health history, it will be most important for the nurse to ask the patient about:
A patient with crushing syndrome is admited to the hospital to have laparoscopic adrenalectomy. During the admission assessment, the patient tells the nurse "The worst thing about this disease is how terrible I look; I feel awful about it.' The best response by the nurse is:
A client comes to the emergency department with Asthma. Based on the documentation noted below, the nurse suspects that the client has what abnormality?
10/1/2022 at 18:30
Client wheezing, RR44, BP 140/90, HR 104, T 98.4 F, ABG results show pH 7.52 mmHg, HCO3-26, PaO2 90 mmHg C. Wynn RN
A patient with primary hyperparathyroidism has a serum calcium level of 14 mg/dl (3.5 mmol/L), phosphorus of 1.7 mg/dl (55 mmol/L), serum creatinine of 2.2 mg/dl (194 mmol/L). and high urine calcium. While the patient awaits surgery, the nurse should:
Which of the information below obtained when caring for a patient who has been admited for evaluation of diabetes insipidus will be of greatest concern to the nurse?
A patient is hospitalized with acute adrenal insufficiency. The nurse determines that the patient is responding favorably to treatment on finding:
The nurse is caring for a patient with hypothermia and fluid volume excess. Which of the following would be included in the plan of care?
A nurse is admitting a client who has status asthmaticus. The client's ABG results are Ph:7.31, Pa02:74mm Hg, PaC02: 56 mmHg and HCO-3: 26mEq/L The nurse should interpret these laboratory values as which of the following imbalances?
A nurse is preparing to administer oral potassium to a client who has a potassium level of 5.5 mEq/L. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
While assessing a patient who has just arrived in the post-anesthesia recovery unit (PACU) after a thyroidectomy, the nurse obtains this data. Which is the most important to communicate to the surgeon?
The nurse is caring for a client with diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease. Which assessment finding indicates to the nurse that the client most likely has an ulcer in the stomach rather than the duodenum?
A patient with chronic atrophic gastritis was prescribed monthly Cobalamin (B12) injections The determines that teaching regarding the injections has been effective when the patient States:
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