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Roach's Introductory Clinical Pharmacology 11th Edition
Chapter 44 Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nursing instructor is describing the role of androgens to a nursing class. The instructor determines that the class was successful when the students identify that from puberty onward, androgens continue to aid in the development and maintenance of secondary sex characteristics that include which of the following? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,B,E
Rationale: From puberty onward, androgens continue to aid in the development and maintenance of secondary sex characteristics, which include facial hair, deep voice, body hair, body fat distribution, and muscle development.
Question 2 of 5
A nurse may be asked to administer androgen drugs to clients with which of the following medical conditions? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: B,C
Rationale: A nurse may be asked to administer androgen drugs to clients with the following medical conditions: testosterone deficiency, hypogonadism, delayed puberty, testosterone deficiency after puberty, postmenopausal metastatic breast carcinoma, and premenopausal, hormone-dependent metastatic breast carcinoma.
Question 3 of 5
A nurse should advise a client beginning therapy with testosterone (Androderm) about which of the following adverse effects? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,B,C
Rationale: A nurse should advise a client beginning therapy with testosterone (Androderm) of the following adverse effects: gynecomastia, testicular atrophy, inhibition of testicular function, impotence, enlargement of the penis, nausea, vomiting, jaundice, headache, anxiety, male-pattern baldness, acne, depression, and fluid and electrolyte imbalances (which include sodium, water, chloride, potassium, calcium, and phosphate retention).
Question 4 of 5
A female client with inoperable advanced breast cancer is prescribed methyltestosterone. The nurse would be alert for the development of which of the following? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,B,C
Rationale: A nurse should advise a female client beginning therapy with methyltestosterone (Testred) for the treatment of inoperable advanced breast carcinoma of the following adverse reactions: amenorrhea, other menstrual irregularities, acne, male-pattern baldness, and virilization (facial hair growth, voice deepening, and clitoromegaly).
Question 5 of 5
A nurse suspects a client might be abusing anabolic steroids. Which of the following signs might a client exhibit that would indicate abuse of anabolic steroids? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A,B,C,D,E
Rationale: A client abusing anabolic steroids might exhibit the following signs: uncontrolled rage, severe depression, suicidal tendencies, malignant or benign liver tumors, aggressive behavior, inability to concentrate, personality changes, acne, jaundice, anorexia, male-pattern baldness, fluid and electrolyte imbalances, and muscle cramps.