Priority Decision: When replacement therapy is started for a patient with long-standing hypothyroidism, what is most important for the nurse to monitor the patient for?

Priority Decision: When replacement therapy is started for a patient with long-standing hypothyroidism, what is most important for the nurse to monitor the patient for?

When caring for a diabetic client at night, the only symptom of insulin shock that a nurse might observe is

Mr. T, who has Cushing syndrome, is being treated with corticosteroids for an extended period. He has been instructed to avoid sudden discontinuation of the drug. Why should this instruction be given?

Antoinette has gone to her primary care provider for a routine physical. Some of her laboratory results indicated an endocrine disorder. In hyperparathyroidism which test results are typical?

A nurse educator is giving a presentation on hypothalamic hormones. Which of the following hypothalamic hormones when stimulated is controlled by another hypothalamic hormone?