A female client is seen at the physician’s office with complaints of muscle weakness and pain in the lower extremities. The nurse also notes the client has a very prominent forehead and jaw and her tongue is protruding from her mouth. The physician is testing her pituitary function. The nurse suspects that the client may have:

Comprehensive: The nurse is reviewing lab results for a client with heart failure. The nurse notes that the client is hyponatremic. What would the nurse identify as contributing factors? Select all that apply.

The nursing care plan for a client with Addisonian crisis includes a nursing diagnosis of Risk for Injury. What nursing interventions would the nurse include for this problem? Select all that apply.

Comprehensive: A client is scheduled for surgery and has pre-op labs drawn. Which result does the nurse recognize as a reason to possibly delay the surgical procedure?

Your client is discussing her upcoming surgery with her family. She asks what hormone is the cause of her problems resulting in acromegaly. The correct response by the nurse is an excess secretion of:

The client diagnosed with Diabetes Insipidus is given a new prescription for desmopressin acetate (DDAVP). The nurse teaches the client that this medication is given via what route?

The intravenous prescription is 3000 mL of 5% dextrose in water (D5W) to run over a 24-hour period.  The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.  The nurse plans to adjust the flow rate to how many gtt/minute?

Which of the following was not mentioned as a condition that could affect the production of medical care?  

The true output of the healthcare sector is measured by the net change in ________________ produced by the medical care provided.  

Risk shifting is considered an output of the healthcare sector because it shifts the risk of loss from an illness from the individual to a(n) ______________  ____________________.