Test 3
The nurse is seeing a new client in the clinic who reports polyuria and polydipsia. These conditions are indicative of which endocrine disorder?
Diabetes insipidus
The nurse is assessing a 1-month-old girl who, according to the mother, doesn't eat well. Which assessment suggests the child has congenital hypothyroidism?
Enlarged tongue
During an assessment of an adolescent child, the nurse notes that the child has a protuberant tongue, fatigued appearance, poor muscle tone and exophthalmos. What medical diagnosis would the nurse expect the child to have?
Graves disease
The nurse is doing teaching with a group of caregivers of children diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. The nurse is explaining insulin shock and the caregivers make the following statements. Which statement indicates the best understanding of a reason an insulin reaction might occur?
"He measures his own medication but we watch closely to make sure he gets the correct amount so he doesn't have an insulin reaction."
Kate and her parents are being seen in the office after discharge from the hospital with a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Which statement by the nurse is true?
"Kids can usually be managed with an oral agent, meal planning, and exercise."
The nurse is educating the parents of a client newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Which statement by the parents indicates additional teaching is needed?
"Our child should not participate in sports or physical activity."
After explaining the causes of hypothyroidism to the parents of a newly diagnosed infant, the nurse should recognize that further education is needed when the parents ask which question?
"So, hypothyroidism can be treated by exposing our baby to a special light, right?"
A 10-year-old boy has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. He is curious about what the cause of his disease is and asks the nurse to explain it to him. What explanation is best?
"Special cells in a part of your body called the pancreas can't make a chemical called insulin, which helps control the sugar level in your blood."
The nurse is teaching a 9-year-old girl with type 1 diabetes mellitus and her parents about blood glucose monitoring. Which comment indicates a need for additional teaching?
"The normal level for her is 70 to 110 mg/dL before meals."
A parent, distressed to learn that her school-aged child is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus, asks the nurse how this could happen because no one in the family has diabetes. What instruction is most accurate?
"This disorder is associated with being overweight and eating a diet high in fats and carbohydrates."
A nurse is educating a family about the Chvostek sign after their teen tested positive for Chvostek sign. Which statements by the caregivers shows the nurse that they understand the Chvostek sign?
"When I tap on my child's facial nerve, the reaction is a facial muscle spasm."
A 10-year-old client is upset and tells the school nurse. "I am the shortest one in my class. I am done with school and just want to stay home." Which response by the nurse is mostappropriate?
"You seem very upset. Sit down and let's talk about what is going on."
The nurse is reviewing the recommended diet with the parents and child who was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The nurse determines that the parents and child understand the information when they identify that they will restrict carbohydrate intake to which amount at each of the three main meals?
45 grams
A 10-year-old child is newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The child's hemoglobin A1C level is being monitored. The nurse determines that additional intervention is needed with the child based on which result?
8.5%
The parents of a child who was diagnosed with diabetes insipidus ask the nurse, "How does this disorder occur?" When responding to the parents, the nurse integrates knowledge that a deficiency of which hormone is involved?
Antidiuretic hormone
The primary health care provider has ordered a thyroid scan to confirm the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. Which would the nurse do before the scan?
Assess the client for allergies
A child with a primary growth hormone deficiency is to receive biosynthetic growth hormone. The nurse would explain to the child and parents that this hormone would be given at which frequency?
Daily
A newborn is diagnosed with the salt-losing form of congenital adrenogenital hyperplasia. On what should the nurse focus when assessing this client?
Dehydration
A nurse is to see a child. Assessment reveals the chief complaints of urinating "a lot" and being "really thirsty." The nurse interprets these symptoms as being associated with which condition?
Diabetes insipidus
Which nursing objective is most important when working with neonates who are suspected of having congenital hypothyroidism?
Early identification
A child presents to the primary care setting with enuresis, nocturia, increased hunger, weight loss, and increased thirst. What does the nurse suspect?
Give the crushed medication in a syringe mixed with a small amount of formula.
A 12-year-old is being seen in the office and has hyperthyroidism; the nurse knows that the most common cause of hyperthyroidism is:
Graves disease
The nurse knows that disorders of the pituitary gland depend on the location of the physiologic abnormality. Caring for a child that has issues with the anterior pituitary, the child has issues with which hormone?
Growth hormone
A child is diagnosed with hypoparathyroidism. Which electrolyte imbalance would the nurse most likely expect to address?
Hypocalcemia
The nurse is caring for a 10-year-old child with growth hormone (GH) deficiency. Which therapy would you anticipate will be prescribed for the child?
Injections of GH
The nurse is caring for a child recently diagnosed with hypoparathyroidism disorder. Which medication would the nurse expect to be ordered?
Oral calcium
The nurse is interviewing the caregivers of a child admitted with a diagnosis of type 1 diabetes mellitus. The caregiver states, "She is hungry all the time and eats everything, but she is losing weight." The caregiver's statement indicates the child most likely has:
Polyphagia
The nurse is assessing a 4-year-old girl with ambiguous genitalia. Which finding suggests congenital adrenal hyperplasia?
Pubic hair and hirsutism
A child who has type 1 diabetes mellitus is brought to the emergency department and diagnosed with diabetic ketoacidosis. What treatment would the nurse expect to administer?
Regular insulin
A 12-year-old boy arrives at the emergency room experiencing nausea, vomiting, headache, and seizures. He is diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. Other findings include a decrease in urine production, hyponatremia, and water intoxication. Which pituitary gland disorder would be most associated with these symptoms?
Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
The nurse is planning care for a school-age child diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency. Which diagnosis should the nurse select to help the child with this health problem?
Risk for situational low self-esteem related to short stature
The nurse working with the child diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus recognizes that mostoften the disorder can be managed by:
Taking oral hypoglycemic agents
The nurse is caring for a child who is scheduled for bone scan. It is suspected that the child has a growth hormone deficiency. Which finding would support this medical diagnosis?
The bone scan would show bone age would be two or more deviations below normal.
The nurse measures the client's blood glucose level prior to breakfast. The measurement obtained is 130 mg/dL. The orders read to administer 2 units of Humalog insulin for a blood glucose of 100 to 150mg/dL. How soon should the nurse ensure that the client eats their breakfast after receiving their insulin?
Within 15 to 30 minutes
A nurse should recognize that which laboratory result would be most consistent with a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus?
a fasting blood glucose greater than 126 mg/dL
A newborn is born with hypothyroidism. If it is not recognized and treated, what complication is likely?
cognitive impairment
Insulin deficiency, increased levels of counter regulatory hormones, and dehydration are the primary causes of:
diabetic ketoacidosis.
The nurse is teaching a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus to administer insulin. The child is receiving a combination of short-acting and long-acting insulin. The nurse knows that the child has appropriately learned the technique when the child:
draws up the short-acting insulin into the syringe first.
A 7-year-old child is diagnosed as having type 1 diabetes. What is one of the first symptoms usually noticed by parents when this illness develops?
loss of weight
An 8-year-old girl presents to the clinic for moodiness and irritability. The child has begun to develop breasts and pubic hair and the parents are concerned that the child is at too early an age for this to begin. The nurse knows that these symptoms may be indicative of what disorder?
precocious puberty
Prior to discharging an infant with congenital hypothyroidism to home with the parents, what should the nurse emphasize regarding the care that this child will need going forward?
Administration of levothyroxine indefinitely
A newborn was diagnosed as having hypothyroidism at birth. The parent asks the nurse how the disease could be discovered this early. Which is the nurse's best answer?
A simple blood test to diagnose hypothyroidism is required in most states.
A 2-month-old infant is diagnosed with hypothyroidism. When educating the parents, the nurse explains which as signs suggesting hypothyroidism? Select all that apply.
"Your infant had a long period of jaundice from birth." "Your infant's motor activity has been decreased." "Your infant has had ongoing constipation."
The nurse is providing acute care for an 11-year-old boy with hypoparathyroidism. Which intervention is priority?
Administering intravenous calcium gluconate as ordered
The nurse knows that disorders of the pituitary gland depend on the location of the physiologic abnormality. Caring for a child who has issues with the anterior pituitary, the nurse would expect the child to have issues with which hormone?
Growth hormone
A child is diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. What finding would the nurse expect to assess?
Heat intolerance
The nurse caring for a female adolescent with polycystic ovary syndrom (PCOS) identifies "Disturbed body image related to signs and symptoms of the disease" as a nursing diagnosis that applies to this client. What signs and symptoms would support this nursing diagnosis?
Hirsutism
The nurse is interpreting the negative feedback system that controls endocrine function. What secretion will the nurse correlate as decreasing while blood glucose levels decrease?
Insulin
A nurse is taking care of an infant with diabetes insipidus. Which assessment data are mostimportant for the nurse to monitor while the infant has a prescription for fluid restriction?
Urine output
As a nurse, you know that which condition is caused by excessive levels of circulating cortisol:
Cushing syndrome
A child has been prescribed Stimate (esmopressin) acetate for the treatment of diabetes insipidus. The client and the parents ask the nurse how this drug works. What is the correctresponse by the nurse?
Stimate (esmopressin) acetate is a synthetic antidiuretic hormone that will slow down your urine output
A pediatric nurse is discharging a 1-month-old infant. The infant was diagnosed with congenital hypothyroidism on this admission and will be treated with levothyroxine. The nurse knows it is important to teach the parent about medication administration. Which process will the nurse include in the teaching?
Stimate (esmopressin) acetate is a synthetic antidiuretic hormone that will slow down your urine output