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Text ModeText Mode – Text version of the exam 1) Cushing’s Disease and Cushing’s Sydrome have the same cause.
2) You assess a patient with Cushing’s disease. For which finding will you notify the physician immediately?
3) As the shift begins, you are assigned these patients. Which patient should you assess first?
4) Which is an obvious sign or sympton of Cushing’s Syndrome?
5) Signs and/or symptoms of Cushing’s Disease include: (check correct boxes)
6) The nurse is assessing a postcraniotomy client and finds the urine output from a catheter is 1500 ml for the 1st hour and the same for the 2nd hour. The nurse should suspect:
7) Nurse Ronn is assessing a client with possible Cushing’s syndrome. In a client with Cushing’s syndrome, the nurse would expect to find:
8) The pituitary gland is also known as the ____________.
9) Which of the following disorders is characterized by a group of symptoms produced by an excess of free circulating cortisol from the adrenal cortex?
10) Which gland does Cushing’s Syndrome originate in?
11) The most common cause of Cushing’s Disease is ____________.
12) A female client with Cushing’s syndrome is admitted to the medical-surgical unit. During the admission assessment, nurse Tyzz notes that the client is agitated and irritable, has poor memory, reports loss of appetite, and appears disheveled. These findings are consistent with which problem?
13) Cushing’s Syndrome is a hormone disorder caused by high levels of what?
14) In a 29-year-old female client who is being successfully treated for Cushing’s syndrome, nurse Lyzette would expect a decline in:
15) Nurse Ruth is assessing a client after a thyroidectomy. The assessment reveals muscle twitching and tingling, along with numbness in the fingers, toes, and mouth area. The nurse should suspect which complication?
16) The old woman told John that she has osteoporosis; Arthur knew that all of the following factors would contribute to osteoporosis except
17) Which of the following is NOT another name for Cushing’s Syndrome?
18) Corticosteroids are potent suppressors of the body’s inflammatory response. Which of the following conditions or actions do they suppress?
19) Nurse Sugar is assessing a client with Cushing’s syndrome. Which observation should the nurse report to the physician immediately?
20) The nurse is planning room assignments for the day. Which client should be assigned to a private room if only one is available?
21) Which would a person with Cushing’s Syndrome prefer to eat?
22) Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary stimulates the __________ glands to release _________.
Which indicator would the nurse use when assessing the fluid balance?The elasticity of skin, or turgor, is an indicator of fluid status in most patients (Scales and Pilsworth, 2008). Assessing skin turgor is a quick and simple test performed by pinching a fold of skin. In a well-hydrated person, the skin will immediately fall back to its normal position when released.
What is the most objective assessment of fluid volume status quizlet?- Measuring body weight daily is the most accurate measure of fluid volume status. Skin turgor; intake and output; and BUN, sodium, and hematocrit levels are also indicators of fluid volume status, but these are not as accurate or helpful in gaining information as is daily weighing.
Which instructions would the nurse provide to the patient with heart failure about the importance of obtaining daily weights?Weigh before eating or drinking. Always weigh in the same clothing or no clothing. Record your weight every day. Weighing twice a day is not necessary.
Which mechanism would the nurse use to explain a patients insensible water loss of an estimated 900 mL day?Which mechanism would the nurse use to explain a patient's insensible water loss of an estimated 900 mL/day? Approximately 600-900 mL of water is lost each day via insensible water loss, which is vaporization by the lungs and skin. Approximately 1500 mL is excreted in the urine and 100 mL in the feces.
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