A nurse may be asked to administer androgen drugs to clients with which of the following medical conditions? Select all that apply
A) Anemia of renal insufficiency
B) Hypogonadism
C) Postmenopausal metastatic breast carcinoma
D) Male-pattern baldness
E) Benign prostatic hypertrophy
Ans: B, C
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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.
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