A nurse is caring for a client with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. The physician has prescribed liothyronine to the client. The nurse understands that the drug is administered cautiously to clients with which of the following?
A) Upper respiratory tract infection
B) Diabetes
C) Elevated body temperature
D) Cardiac disease
Ans: D
Feedback:
The nurse should be cautious about existing conditions such as cardiac disease and also cautious about lactating clients before administering liothyronine to clients with chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis. The nurse need not be cautious about administering liothyronine to clients with an upper respiratory tract infection, diabetes, or elevated body temperature. The nurse should be cautious about clients contracting an upper respiratory tract infection on administrating antithyroid drugs. A client with diabetes may experience an increase in diabetes while undergoing thyroid hormone replacement therapy. The nurse should observe for elevated body temperature while managing the needs of a client administered thyroid hormones.
You might also like to view...
A client with acquired immune deficiency syndrome has been hospitalized with suspected cryptosporidiosis. What physical assessment would be most consistent with this condition?
a. Auscultating the lungs b. Assessing mucous membranes c. Listening to bowel sounds d. Performing a neurologic examination
Ventral curvature of the penis usually occurs along with epispadias in which the urethral meatus opens
a. at the penoscrotal junction. c. between the scrotal folds. b. dorsally on the glans penis. d. ventrally on the glans penis.
A hospice nurse is caring for a patient dying of lung cancer. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, what dimension of care should she consider primary in importance when caring for a dying patient?
A) Spiritual B) Social C) Physiologic D) Emotional
The placenta produces hormones that are vital to the function of the fetus. Which hormone is primarily responsible for the maintenance of pregnancy past the eleventh week?
1. Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) 2. Human placental lactogen (hPL) 3. Estrogen 4. Progesterone