Comprehensive Predictor Retake
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Delegation to Assistive Personal -
correct answer ✅- ADLs
- Bathing
- Grooming
- Dressing
- Tioleting
- Ambulating
- Feeding (without swallowing precautions)
- Positioning
- Rountine Tasks
- Bed making
- Specimen collection
- I&O
- Vital Signs ( for stable clients )
Planning Care for a Client Who Has Hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅- Monitor for low Bp & bradycardia
- Monitor for chest pain & peripheral edema
- Monitor clients weight
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
- reorient the client if confusion occurs
- provide frequent rest periods to avoid fatigue & decrease
myocardial oxygen demands
- Monitor respiratory status
- encourage client to cough and breathe deeply to prevent
pulmonary complications
- low calorie, high fiber diet , & encourage fluids to prevent
constipation and promote weight loss
- Administer cathartics and stool softeners as needed. (Avoid fiber
laxatives, interfere with absorption of levothyroxine)
- Provide extra clothing and blankets for clients who have
decreased cold intolerance
- caution use of electric blankets
- Encourage verbalization of feelings and fears about body changes
- Reassure client that most physical manifestations are reversible
- use caution with CNS depressants (barbiturates or sedatives)
Signs of hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅- Fatigue/ lethargy
- irritability
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
- intolerance to cold
- constipation
- weight gain
- pallor
- think brittle fingernails
- depression & apathy
- joint or muscle pain
- bradycardia, hypotension, dysrhythmias
- slow thought process & speech
- hypoventilation & pleural effusion
- thickening of the skin
- hair loss
- thickening of hair on eyebrows
- dry flaky skin
- decreased acuity of taste
- impotence
- abnormal menstrual periods (menorrhagia/ amenorrhea)
- delayed physical and mental growth in children
, Comprehensive Predictor Retake
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Medication for hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅levothyroxin (synthetic thyroid hormone
replacement)
Risk factors for hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅- females 30 to 60 years of age
- use of lithium & amiodarone medications
- Inadequate intake of iodine
- Radiation Therapy the head and neck
What is hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅underactive thyroid
Hyperthyroidism risk factors -
correct answer ✅- Graves' disease
- Thyroiditis
- Toxic adenoma
- Toxic nodular goiter
- Exogenous hyperthyroidism
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Delegation to Assistive Personal -
correct answer ✅- ADLs
- Bathing
- Grooming
- Dressing
- Tioleting
- Ambulating
- Feeding (without swallowing precautions)
- Positioning
- Rountine Tasks
- Bed making
- Specimen collection
- I&O
- Vital Signs ( for stable clients )
Planning Care for a Client Who Has Hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅- Monitor for low Bp & bradycardia
- Monitor for chest pain & peripheral edema
- Monitor clients weight
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
- reorient the client if confusion occurs
- provide frequent rest periods to avoid fatigue & decrease
myocardial oxygen demands
- Monitor respiratory status
- encourage client to cough and breathe deeply to prevent
pulmonary complications
- low calorie, high fiber diet , & encourage fluids to prevent
constipation and promote weight loss
- Administer cathartics and stool softeners as needed. (Avoid fiber
laxatives, interfere with absorption of levothyroxine)
- Provide extra clothing and blankets for clients who have
decreased cold intolerance
- caution use of electric blankets
- Encourage verbalization of feelings and fears about body changes
- Reassure client that most physical manifestations are reversible
- use caution with CNS depressants (barbiturates or sedatives)
Signs of hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅- Fatigue/ lethargy
- irritability
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
- intolerance to cold
- constipation
- weight gain
- pallor
- think brittle fingernails
- depression & apathy
- joint or muscle pain
- bradycardia, hypotension, dysrhythmias
- slow thought process & speech
- hypoventilation & pleural effusion
- thickening of the skin
- hair loss
- thickening of hair on eyebrows
- dry flaky skin
- decreased acuity of taste
- impotence
- abnormal menstrual periods (menorrhagia/ amenorrhea)
- delayed physical and mental growth in children
, Comprehensive Predictor Retake
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Medication for hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅levothyroxin (synthetic thyroid hormone
replacement)
Risk factors for hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅- females 30 to 60 years of age
- use of lithium & amiodarone medications
- Inadequate intake of iodine
- Radiation Therapy the head and neck
What is hypothyroidism -
correct answer ✅underactive thyroid
Hyperthyroidism risk factors -
correct answer ✅- Graves' disease
- Thyroiditis
- Toxic adenoma
- Toxic nodular goiter
- Exogenous hyperthyroidism
