The nurse is caring for a client with hyperglycemia. When choosing nursing interventions, the nurse is aware that a high serum blood sugar produces changes in the client's pancreas that are consistent with a:
1. hormonal stimulus.
2. humoral stimulus.
3. exocrine gland stimulus.
4. neuronal stimulus.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: This does not occur because of a hormonal stimulus.
Rationale 2: Humoral stimuli are driven by sensors in the endocrine gland itself. In the case of insulin, sensors in the pancreas detect the high blood sugar and increase the output of insulin.
Rationale 3: The pancreas is not an exocrine gland.
Rationale 4: This does not occur because of a neuronal stimulus.
Global Rationale: Humoral stimuli are driven by sensors in the endocrine gland itself. In the case of insulin, sensors in the pancreas detect the high blood sugar and increase the output of insulin. The pancreas is not an exocrine gland.
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