Blog

An external insulin pump is prescribed for a client with diabetes mellitus.  Which of the following statements made by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching done by the nurse?

A client is being evaluated for central (neurogenic) diabetes insipidus. What will the administration of aqueous vasopressin during a water deprivation test cause to occur in a client with this disorder?

A client with Cushing’s Syndrome returns to the surgical unit following an adrenalectomy. During the initial postoperative period, the nurse gives the highest priority to which intervenion?

Which of the following statements is true about hypopituitarism in a child?

A 6-year-old child is receiving somatropin (Growth Hormone). During clinic visits, the nurse will monitor what laboratory value?

When you rewrite a system’s equations in slope-intercept form, what condition(s) needs to be met in order to know there is one solution.

A client with type 1 diabetes is admitted to the emergency department and is unresponsive to stimuli, having fruity sweet breath with Kussmaul’s respirations. The arterial blood gases are pH 7.32, PCO2 34 mm Hg, and HCO3 11 mEq/L (11 mmol/L); plasma glucose results are 518 mg/dl (28.8 mmol/L). What medication intervention should the nurse anticipate for this client?

The nurse is teaching a client about hypoparathyroidism. How should the role of parathyroid hormone (PTH) be explained?

During treatment for DKA, complications may arise when the patient’s blood glucose level decreases more then

Explain whether or not the following table of data represents a function.  x-values y-values 1 5 1 6 2 7 2 8 3 9