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7.  A patient has been diagnosed with testicular cancer and has undergone removal of the tumor.  The physician has prescribed testosterone injections to be given.  The nurse understands the usual route of administration for this medication is which of the following?

11.  The nurse is caring for a patient with DM.  The physician has ordered the patient to receive Novolog insulin.  The nurse has administered the patient’s first dose of this type of insulin.  The patient should be monitored for S/S of hypoglycemia related to the onset of action in approximately which of the following time frames?

1.  A patient receives a prescription for ACTH for 6 weeks.  Which of the following instructions would the nurse plan to provide?

18.  A client with Addison’s disease is admitted to the hospital because they had quit taking their medications.  The nurse is making preparations for the emergency treatment of adrenal crisis.  Which of the following will the nurse have available for immediate use?

43.  The complication that occurs in type 2 diabetes mellitus clients when there is insufficient insulin to prevent hyperglycemia but enough insulin to prevent ketoacidosis and becomes more severe because symptoms of acidosis do not occur is known as which of the following?

45.  Which of the following assessment findings are characteristic of hyperparathyroidism?  Select all that apply. 

Which of the follow are considerations when placing electrodes

30.  The client is being treated for diabetic ketoacidosis.  The nurse will monitor for which of the following as the most likely electrolyte disturbance that can accompany treatment for diabetic ketoacidosis?

35.  A newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus patient being treated with insulin asks the nurse “What is the primary function of insulin?”  The nurse will correctly state that insulin does which of the following?

20.  A patient with diabetes mellitus is being discharged from the hospital on insulin.  The nurse understands that most patients with diabetes mellitus are taught to perform finger stick blood glucose levels: