Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
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
- reorient the client if confusion occurs
- provide frequent rest periods to avoid fatigue & decrease myocardial oxygen
demands
- Monitor respiratory status
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
A+)
- 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
- intolerance to cold
- constipation
- weight gain
- pallor
- think brittle fingernails
- depression & apathy
- joint or muscle pain
- bradycardia, hypotension, dysrhythmias
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
A+)
- 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
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
, Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
A+)
- Thyroiditis
- Toxic adenoma
- Toxic nodular goiter
- Exogenous hyperthyroidism
What is hyperthyroidism? - correct answer ✅overactive thyroid
Signs of hyperthyroidism - correct answer ✅- nervousness/ irritability
- muscle weakness
- heat intolerance
- weight loss
- insomnia
- irregular menstrual flow
- frequent stools and diarrhea
- decreased libido
- Tremor, hyperkinesia, hyperreflexia
- Exophthalmos
- blurry vision or changes
- bloodshot appearance of eyes
- Goiter
- Tachycardia, palpitations, dysthymia
- Elevated blood pressure
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
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
- reorient the client if confusion occurs
- provide frequent rest periods to avoid fatigue & decrease myocardial oxygen
demands
- Monitor respiratory status
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
A+)
- 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
- intolerance to cold
- constipation
- weight gain
- pallor
- think brittle fingernails
- depression & apathy
- joint or muscle pain
- bradycardia, hypotension, dysrhythmias
,Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
A+)
- 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
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
, Comprehensive Predictor Retake Review
Exam Questions and Answers (Rated
A+)
- Thyroiditis
- Toxic adenoma
- Toxic nodular goiter
- Exogenous hyperthyroidism
What is hyperthyroidism? - correct answer ✅overactive thyroid
Signs of hyperthyroidism - correct answer ✅- nervousness/ irritability
- muscle weakness
- heat intolerance
- weight loss
- insomnia
- irregular menstrual flow
- frequent stools and diarrhea
- decreased libido
- Tremor, hyperkinesia, hyperreflexia
- Exophthalmos
- blurry vision or changes
- bloodshot appearance of eyes
- Goiter
- Tachycardia, palpitations, dysthymia
- Elevated blood pressure
