NURS 215 Exam 3 2025/2026 Exam
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The physician suspects a client may be experiencing hypofunction of an
endocrine organ. Select the most appropriate test to determine organ
function. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimulation tests
Select the statement that best explains the function of hormone receptors. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hormone receptors recognize a specific hormone and
translate the signal into a cellular response.
The nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with severe
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and has been taking oral steroids
for several years. The nurse is aware that the client is at risk for: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Suppression of the client's hypothalamic-pituitary-target cell
system
,As part of maintaining homeostasis, hormones secreted by endocrine cells
are inactivated continuously to: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Prevent accumulation
When caring for a client with anemia and a decrease in red blood cells
(RBCs), the nurse recognizes which of these hormones will stimulate the
bone marrow to produce additional RBCs? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Erythropoietin
The nurse is caring for a client with diabetes. Which of these findings is
cause for concern leading the nurse to initiate client education? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hemoglobin A1 C level is 8.7.
The nurse is planning to collect a 24-hour urine sample for hormone assay.
In which of these situations does the nurse collaborate with the health care
provider to find an alternate type of testing? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Client has
anuria.
A client who is referred to the endocrinologist's office for an evaluation of
his hormone levels asks what regulates the hormone levels. The best
response would be that hormone levels in the body are primarily regulated
by: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The hypothalamic-pituitary-target cell system
Which gland is often referred to as the master gland because it secretes
many hormones? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pituitary
,The physician is assessing a client with a preliminary diagnosis of
endocrine disorder. Further assessment findings identify abnormalities with
emotion, pain, body temperature, and neural input. The physician
determines the need to further assess the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hypothalamus
A nursing instructor is teaching a group of students about the action of
hormones. The instructor determined that teaching was effective when the
students' recognize the local action of hormones as: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Paracrine
Which of the following hormones cross cell membranes to connect to
nuclear receptors? Select all that apply. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔• Vitamin D
• Thyroid hormones
• Glucocorticoids
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) performs which of the following
roles in the functioning of the endocrine system? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Acting as
a second messenger to mediate hormone action on target cells
The nurse explains to a client in labor who has demonstrated ineffective
contractions impeding progression of labor that the health care provider
has added oxytocin infusion to the orders. Which of these does the nurse
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, teach the client is the purpose of oxytocin? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To stimulate
contraction of the uterus
The nurse is teaching a new diabetic about fingerstick blood glucose
testing. When the client obtains a pre-meal fingerstick reading of 206
mg/dL, which teaching by the nurse is most appropriate? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔This is an elevated reading - let's talk about adherence to insulin and
diet.
Hormones are chemical messengers that: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔regulate body
functions.
Release and synthesis of anterior pituitary hormones are mainly regulated
by the inhibiting or releasing actions of the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hypothalamus
The hormone levels in the body need to be kept within an appropriate
range. How is this accomplished for many of the hormones in the body? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Negative feedback loop
What is the most common mechanism of hormone control? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Negative feedback
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The physician suspects a client may be experiencing hypofunction of an
endocrine organ. Select the most appropriate test to determine organ
function. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Stimulation tests
Select the statement that best explains the function of hormone receptors. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hormone receptors recognize a specific hormone and
translate the signal into a cellular response.
The nurse is caring for a client who has been diagnosed with severe
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and has been taking oral steroids
for several years. The nurse is aware that the client is at risk for: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Suppression of the client's hypothalamic-pituitary-target cell
system
,As part of maintaining homeostasis, hormones secreted by endocrine cells
are inactivated continuously to: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Prevent accumulation
When caring for a client with anemia and a decrease in red blood cells
(RBCs), the nurse recognizes which of these hormones will stimulate the
bone marrow to produce additional RBCs? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Erythropoietin
The nurse is caring for a client with diabetes. Which of these findings is
cause for concern leading the nurse to initiate client education? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hemoglobin A1 C level is 8.7.
The nurse is planning to collect a 24-hour urine sample for hormone assay.
In which of these situations does the nurse collaborate with the health care
provider to find an alternate type of testing? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Client has
anuria.
A client who is referred to the endocrinologist's office for an evaluation of
his hormone levels asks what regulates the hormone levels. The best
response would be that hormone levels in the body are primarily regulated
by: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔The hypothalamic-pituitary-target cell system
Which gland is often referred to as the master gland because it secretes
many hormones? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Pituitary
,The physician is assessing a client with a preliminary diagnosis of
endocrine disorder. Further assessment findings identify abnormalities with
emotion, pain, body temperature, and neural input. The physician
determines the need to further assess the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Hypothalamus
A nursing instructor is teaching a group of students about the action of
hormones. The instructor determined that teaching was effective when the
students' recognize the local action of hormones as: - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Paracrine
Which of the following hormones cross cell membranes to connect to
nuclear receptors? Select all that apply. - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔• Vitamin D
• Thyroid hormones
• Glucocorticoids
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) performs which of the following
roles in the functioning of the endocrine system? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Acting as
a second messenger to mediate hormone action on target cells
The nurse explains to a client in labor who has demonstrated ineffective
contractions impeding progression of labor that the health care provider
has added oxytocin infusion to the orders. Which of these does the nurse
3
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STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, teach the client is the purpose of oxytocin? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔To stimulate
contraction of the uterus
The nurse is teaching a new diabetic about fingerstick blood glucose
testing. When the client obtains a pre-meal fingerstick reading of 206
mg/dL, which teaching by the nurse is most appropriate? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔This is an elevated reading - let's talk about adherence to insulin and
diet.
Hormones are chemical messengers that: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔regulate body
functions.
Release and synthesis of anterior pituitary hormones are mainly regulated
by the inhibiting or releasing actions of the: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔hypothalamus
The hormone levels in the body need to be kept within an appropriate
range. How is this accomplished for many of the hormones in the body? -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔Negative feedback loop
What is the most common mechanism of hormone control? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Negative feedback
