NUR 113 Final review

Your patient is taking the ACE inhibitor enalapril (Vasotec) for HTN. What adverse effect should you monitor for?

• Decreased potassium

• Increased potassium

• Decreased BUN/Creatinine

• Headache

Other than weight gain and fatigue, what is another symptom of hypothyroidism?

• constipation

• increased blood pressure

• sweating

The basal metabolic rate is unusually _____ with hypothyroidism.

• high

• steady

• low

• variable

Which medication is used to treat hypothyroidism?

• Methimazole

• Levothyroxine

• Acetylcysteine

• Terbutaline

A patient with hyperthyroidism has which of the following lab values?

• increased t3

• increased TSH

• decreased t3

• decreased t4

An auto-immune disease most often the cause of hyperthyroidism

• Pituitary dwarfism

• Graves' disease

• Exophthalmos

• Myxedema

Teaching plan for a client newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism taking Synthroid includes

• Should be taken in the morning

• Must be stored in a dark container

• May decrease the client’s energy level

• Will decrease the client’s heart rate

A person with hyperthyroidism may have this physical characteristic.

• myxedema

• thick speech

• exopthalmus

• an edematous face

Cushing's syndrome/diease involves an excess amount of which hormone?

• T3

• TSH

• Testosterone

• Cortisol

Addison's disease

• is insufficiency of aldosterone (deficiency)

• results in sodium wasting

• results in hyperkalemia

• all of the above