After teaching a group of nursing students about corticosteroids, the instructor determines that the teaching was successful when the students identify which of the following as a mineralocorticoid?
A) Hydrocortisone
B) Betamethasone
C) Triamcinolone
D) Fludrocortisone
Ans: D
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Fludrocortisone is a mineralocorticoid. Hydrocortisone, betamethasone, and triamcinolone are glucocorticoids.
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