NUR 445 Exam 1
The function of the adrenal glands is under the control of what? - answer anterior
pituitary
What is secreted from the adrenal medulla - answer epinephrine
What action is caused by secretion of mineralocorticoids - answer sodium reabsorption?
What disorder places a patient at risk for hypertensive crisis? – answer
pheochromocytoma
what causes pheochromocytoma? - answer over-secretion of catecholamine
What is the nursing action for a patient with pheochromocytoma? - answer control their
BP
Which safety measure is the most important for the nurse to initiate for a patient with
Cushings disease? - answerusing a lift sheet to change the patients position
glucose in the urine - answerglucosuria
what is measured by the HbgA1c test? - answeraverage blood glucose concentration
over time
What is most likely the cause of somogyi effect? - answerbasal insulin injections before
bed without a snack
What is a key finding with DKA? - answerpositive anion gap
If administering insulin to decrease hyperglycemia, what other medication is a priority to
administer? - answersodium bicarbonate
a patient with Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic state will present with - answerblood
glucose level of 600 or higher and high serum osmolality
which has a higher mortality rate - HHS or DKA? - answerHHS
what may be present with a patient in DKA? - answerKussmaul breathing, stupor, smell
of acetone
what insulin would you administer to provide a stable level of blood glucose? -
answerinsulin glargine
The function of the adrenal glands is under the control of what? - answer anterior
pituitary
What is secreted from the adrenal medulla - answer epinephrine
What action is caused by secretion of mineralocorticoids - answer sodium reabsorption?
What disorder places a patient at risk for hypertensive crisis? – answer
pheochromocytoma
what causes pheochromocytoma? - answer over-secretion of catecholamine
What is the nursing action for a patient with pheochromocytoma? - answer control their
BP
Which safety measure is the most important for the nurse to initiate for a patient with
Cushings disease? - answerusing a lift sheet to change the patients position
glucose in the urine - answerglucosuria
what is measured by the HbgA1c test? - answeraverage blood glucose concentration
over time
What is most likely the cause of somogyi effect? - answerbasal insulin injections before
bed without a snack
What is a key finding with DKA? - answerpositive anion gap
If administering insulin to decrease hyperglycemia, what other medication is a priority to
administer? - answersodium bicarbonate
a patient with Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic state will present with - answerblood
glucose level of 600 or higher and high serum osmolality
which has a higher mortality rate - HHS or DKA? - answerHHS
what may be present with a patient in DKA? - answerKussmaul breathing, stupor, smell
of acetone
what insulin would you administer to provide a stable level of blood glucose? -
answerinsulin glargine
