The nurse, developing a care plan for a patient diagnosed with hypothyroidism, creates what appropriate nursing diagnosis?
A) Imbalanced nutrition: Less than body requirements
B) Ineffective thermoregulation: Excess or ineffective airway clearance
C) Decreased cardiac output
D) Ineffective airway clearance
C
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Decreased cardiac output is related to hypothyroidism. Hyperthyroidism results in increased caloric needs and the nursing diagnosis of Imbalanced nutrition: Less than body requirements. Thyroid dysfunction would not normally result in Ineffective thermoregulation: Excess or ineffective airway clearance.
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