Saunders Endocrine Questions with Complete Solutions
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Saunders Endocrine Questions with Complete Solutions
A client is admitted to an emergency department and a diagnosis of myedema coma is made. Which action would the nurse prepare to carry out initially?
1. warm the client
2. maintain a patent airway
3. administer thyroid hormone
4. administ...
Saunders Endocrine Questions with
Complete Solutions
A client is admitted to an emergency department and a diagnosis of myedema coma is
made. Which action would the nurse prepare to carry out initially?
1. warm the client
2. maintain a patent airway
3. administer thyroid hormone
4. administer fluid replacement - Answer-*Maintain a patent airway*
A nurse is caring for a client admitted to the emergency department with diabetic
ketoacidosis (DKA). In the acute phase, the priority nursing action is to prepare to:
1. Correct the Acidosis
2. Administer 5% dextrose intravenously
3. Administer regular insulin intravenously
4. Apply a monitor for an electrocardiogram. - Answer-*Administer regular insulin
intravenously*
A nurse is completing an assessment on a client who is being admitted for a diagnostic
workup for primary hyperparathryroidism. Which client compliant would be characteristic
of this disorder.
1. Diarrhea
2. Polyuria
3. polyphagia
4. weight gain - Answer-*Polyuria*
Hypercalcemia is the hallmark of hyperparathyroidism. Elevated calcium levels produce
diuresis that causes weight loss and dehydration.
A nurse is caring for a postoperative parathyroidectomy client. Which client complaint
would indicate that a serious, life-threatening complication may be developing, requiring
immediate notification of the physician?
1. laryngeal sridor
2. abdominal cramps
3. difficulty in voiding
4. mild to moderate incision pain - Answer-*Laryngeal stridor*
During the postoperative period, the nurse carefully observes the client for signs of
hemorrhage, which causes swelling and compression of adjacent tissue. Laryngeal
stridor is a harsh, high pitched sound heard on inspiration and expiration.
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