The NP is working with a severely obese patient in an effort to facilitate weight loss. Which of the NP’s following teaching points about the nature of adipose tissue should be included in the patient education?

Which of the following patients would the NP consider testing for a pheochromocytoma? 

The AGNP knows which of the following hormones likely plays the largest role in calcium homeostasis in their patient with osteoporosis?

Dextrose

A 31-year-old female has been recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and is attending a diabetes education class. Which of the following statements by the woman demonstrates an accurate understanding of her health problem and eye complications?

The PNP is diagnoses which of the following patients with metabolic syndrome?

A patient with an elevated hemoglobin A1C, elevated LDL level, elevated Cr. level, and hyperglycemia presents with a fever. Assessment shows swelling & redness of the lower right extremity, surrounding a puncture wound.  At this visit, the NP is most concerned about: 

Haloperidol ADVERSE REACTIONS/SIDE EFFECTS

What causes the microvascular complications in patients with diabetes mellitus?

The NP is seeing a patient who has systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Which of the following endocrine diseases would they be at greatest risk for based on this past medical history?