The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a 10-year-old girl with hyperthyroidism. What information would the nurse include in the plan?
A) Describing surgery to remove an anterior pituitary tumor
B) Teaching her parents to give injections of growth hormone
C) Explaining about the radioactive iodine procedure
D) Showing her parents how to give DDAVP intranasally
Ans: C
Explaining about the radioactive iodine procedure would be part of the teaching plan for a child with hyperthyroidism because this is a less invasive type of therapy for the disorder. Describing surgery to remove an anterior pituitary tumor would be included for a child with hyperpituitarism. Teaching a parent to give injections of growth hormone would be appropriate for a child with a growth hormone deficiency. Showing parents how to give DDAVP intranasally is appropriate for a child with diabetes insipidus.
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