Final Knowledge Check Cellular Regulation
Which component of skin maintains optimal barrier function?
Keratin
A client with malignant hot nodules of the thyroid gland has a thyroidectomy. What is the nurse's priority action immediately postoperative?
Monitor the trachea for deviation to the right or left.
Which drug is used to induce spontaneous abortions?
Oxytocin
Which hypothalamic hormone helps to treat postpartum uterine atony and hemorrhage?
Oxytocin
What is an example of third spacing in a burn injury?
Blister formation
Which condition results in elevated serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and urine cortisol levels?
Pituitary Cushing's syndrome
Which hormone synthesis does the nurse state is inhibited by hypokalemia?
Aldosterone
A client experiencing a tremendously stressful situation says, "My baby was diagnosed with terminal cancer 2 months ago. I'm either crying or walking around like I'm in a dream. I can't believe this is happening. What did we do to deserve something so horrible? The doctors can transplant almost every human organ, but they can't stop my baby from dying. I'm so angry. Most days I just want to take my child and run away." The nurse determines that the client is mainly expressing what?
Anticipatory grief
Which drug helps to achieve sufficient maturation of the ovarian follicles?
Choriogonadotropin alfa
Which hormone does the nurse state is formed from cholesterol?
Cortisol
What will the nurse expect diagnostic studies of a client with Cushing syndrome to indicate?
High levels of 17-ketosteroids in a 24-hour urine test
Which clinical manifestation is found in a client with a deficiency of adrenocorticotropic hormone?
Malaise and lethargy
What is the function of limbic system?
Influence emotional behavior
Which is the target tissue for the parathyroid hormone?
Intestines
Which drug may cause formation of abnormally small eyes in the newborn if used during pregnancy?
Nitrofurantoin
