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NUSA 203: Exam 5 Questions and
Answers Grade A+
Older adult endocrine system issues
✓ - illness
✓ - alterations in diet, activity, lean body mass to fat ratio
✓ - sleep disturbance
✓ - decreased metabolic clearance of hormones
✓ - polypharmacy
Older adult changes
✓ - diluted urine
✓ - decreased bone density
✓ - thinner and drier skin
✓ - drier perineal and vaginal tissue
✓ - weight greater than ideal
✓ - less tolerant of cold
Endocrine physical assessment
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✓ - LOC
✓ - speech
✓ - posture
✓ - body composition
✓ - body proportion
✓ - distribution of body fat
Endocrine laboratory tests
✓ - stimulation/suppression tests
✓ - assays (detect thyroid hormone levels in the blood)
✓ - urine tests
✓ - glucose tests
✓ - imaging assessments
Posterior pituitary hormones
✓ - antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
✓ - oxytocin
Hypopituitarism
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✓ - deficiency of one or more anterior pituitary hormones results in
metabolic problems and sexual dysfunction
✓ - ACTH and TSH deficiencies most life-threatening
Panhypopituitarism
✓ decreased production of all anterior pituitary hormones
Hyperpituitarism
✓ - hormone oversecretion occurs with pituitary tumors or hyperplasia
✓ - pituitary adenoma
✓ - genetic considerations
Gigantism
✓ hypersecretion of growth hormone before puberty
Acromegaly
✓ hypersecretion of growth hormone after puberty
Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
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✓ - water metabolism problem caused by an ADH deficiency
✓ - either decrease in ADH synthesis or inability of kidneys to respond to
ADH
✓ - polyuria
Diabetes Insipidus (DI) assessment
✓ - symptoms of dehydration
✓ - increase in frequency of urination and excessive thirst
✓ - urine diluted with low specific gravity (<1.005)
✓ - diagnosed with dehydration and hypertonic saline tests
✓ - weight loss
Diabetes Insipidus (DI) interventions
✓ - oral chlorpropamide
✓ - desmopressin acetate
✓ - early detection of dehydration and maintenance of adequate
hydration
✓ - lifelong vasopressin (ADH) therapy with permanent condition
✓ - teach patients to weigh themselves daily to identify weight loss
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NUSA 203: Exam 5 Questions and
Answers Grade A+
Older adult endocrine system issues
✓ - illness
✓ - alterations in diet, activity, lean body mass to fat ratio
✓ - sleep disturbance
✓ - decreased metabolic clearance of hormones
✓ - polypharmacy
Older adult changes
✓ - diluted urine
✓ - decreased bone density
✓ - thinner and drier skin
✓ - drier perineal and vaginal tissue
✓ - weight greater than ideal
✓ - less tolerant of cold
Endocrine physical assessment
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✓ - LOC
✓ - speech
✓ - posture
✓ - body composition
✓ - body proportion
✓ - distribution of body fat
Endocrine laboratory tests
✓ - stimulation/suppression tests
✓ - assays (detect thyroid hormone levels in the blood)
✓ - urine tests
✓ - glucose tests
✓ - imaging assessments
Posterior pituitary hormones
✓ - antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
✓ - oxytocin
Hypopituitarism
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✓ - deficiency of one or more anterior pituitary hormones results in
metabolic problems and sexual dysfunction
✓ - ACTH and TSH deficiencies most life-threatening
Panhypopituitarism
✓ decreased production of all anterior pituitary hormones
Hyperpituitarism
✓ - hormone oversecretion occurs with pituitary tumors or hyperplasia
✓ - pituitary adenoma
✓ - genetic considerations
Gigantism
✓ hypersecretion of growth hormone before puberty
Acromegaly
✓ hypersecretion of growth hormone after puberty
Diabetes Insipidus (DI)
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✓ - water metabolism problem caused by an ADH deficiency
✓ - either decrease in ADH synthesis or inability of kidneys to respond to
ADH
✓ - polyuria
Diabetes Insipidus (DI) assessment
✓ - symptoms of dehydration
✓ - increase in frequency of urination and excessive thirst
✓ - urine diluted with low specific gravity (<1.005)
✓ - diagnosed with dehydration and hypertonic saline tests
✓ - weight loss
Diabetes Insipidus (DI) interventions
✓ - oral chlorpropamide
✓ - desmopressin acetate
✓ - early detection of dehydration and maintenance of adequate
hydration
✓ - lifelong vasopressin (ADH) therapy with permanent condition
✓ - teach patients to weigh themselves daily to identify weight loss
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