A client with a calcium imbalance has an elevated calcitonin level. The nurse recognizes that the secretion of calcitonin is increased when the client experiences:
1. hypocalcemia.
2. hypothyroidism.
3. hyperthyroidism.
4. hypercalcemia.
Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Hypocalcemia would increase parathormone secretion and decrease the secretion of calcitonin.
Rationale 2: Calcitonin is released from the thyroid gland, but hypothyroidism is a deficiency of thyroid hormones.
Rationale 3: Calcitonin is released from the thyroid gland, but hyperthyroidism is an excess of thyroid hormones.
Rationale 4: Calcitonin is the hormone that opposes parathyroid hormone and is released when the serum calcium level is increased.
Global Rationale: Calcitonin is the hormone that opposes parathyroid hormone and is released when the serum calcium level is increased. Hypocalcemia would increase parathormone secretion and decrease the secretion of calcitonin. Calcitonin is released from the thyroid gland, but hypothyroidism is a deficiency of thyroid hormones and hyperthyroidism is an excess of thyroid hormones.
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