NCLEX: ENDOCRINE: ADRENAL GLANDS well answered 2024

NCLEX: ENDOCRINE: ADRENAL GLANDSWE NEED OUR ADRENALS TO HANDLE? - correct answer STRESS YOU HAVE TWO PARTS TO YOUR ADRENAL GLAND WHICH ARE? - correct answer ADRENAL MEDULLA AND ADRENAL CORTEX THE ADRENAL MEDULLA SECRETES? - correct answer EPI, NOREPI WHAT IS THE ONE ADRENAL MEDULLA PROBLEM? - correct answer PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA WHAT IS PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA? - correct answer BENIGN TUMORS THAT SECRETE NOREPI AND EPI IN BOLUSES WHAT ARE THE S/S OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA? - correct answer BP INCREASE HR AND PULSE INCREASE FLUSHING/DIAPHORETIC HOW TO YOU DX THE ADRENAL MEDULLA PROBLEM PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA?WHAT FOOD SHOULD BE AVOIDED WITH THIS TEST? - correct answer VMA (VANILLYLMANDELIC ACID) TEST: A 24 HOUR URINE SPECIMEN IS DONE AND YOU ARE LOOKING FOR INCREASED LEVELS OF EPI AND NOREPI (ALSO CALLED CATECHOLAMINES) (CAN'T JUST DO ONE URINE BC THEY MIGHT NOT BE HAVING A SPELL DURING THAT TIME)( ANYTHING WITH VANILLA IN IT SHOULD BE AVOIDED FOR ABOUT A WEEK) WITH A 24 HOUR URINE YOU SHOULD DO WHAT WITH THE FIRST VOID? - correct answer THROW AWAY THE FIRST VOID AND SAVE THE LAST VOIDING CLIENTS NEED TO STAY WHAT DURING HTESE TESTS? - correct answer CALM