Adrenal Exam Questions and answers
What will the nurse expect to find in a client diagnosed with pheochromocytoma
1. Pallor
2. Headache
3. Bradycardia
4. Hypoglycemia - ✅✅Headache
Signs and symptoms of pheochromocytoma include - ✅✅* tachycardia (heartbeat above 100 BPM)
* hypertension
* headache,
* diaphoresis (excessive sweating),
* shortness of breath
The new nurse is assessing a client with suspected pheochromocytoma. Which action by the nurse
requires the precepting nurse to intervene?
1. Auscultating, palpating, and percussing the client's abdomen
2. Limiting visitors while the client is sleeping
3. Administering alpha and beta adrenergic receptor blockers
4. Taking the client's blood pressure for reports of chest pain - ✅✅1. Auscultating, palpating, and
percussing the client's abdomen
Pheochromocytoma - ✅✅a benign tumor of the adrenal medulla that causes the gland to produce
excess epinephrine
Pheochromocytoma treatment - ✅✅α-antagonists (e.g., phenoxybenzamine)
The nurse is aware that the cardiac indication of a phocochromocytoma is which condition
A. Extreme nausea
, B. Significant hypertension
C. Edema in the legs
D. Abdominal pain - ✅✅B. Significant hypertension
The nurse is aware that the primary indication of a pheochromyocytoma is which conditions
a. Extreme nausea and vomiting
b. Significant hypertension and hyperglycemia
c. Edema in the legs and feet
d. Abdominal pain and distention - ✅✅b. Significant hypertension and hyperglycemia
adrenalectomy - ✅✅surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
do not palpate abdomen - ✅✅Palpation of a pheochromocytoma can cause intense release of
catecholamines and can precipitate a hypertensive crisis.
Hyperaldosteronism - ✅✅excessive output of aldosterone from the adrenal gland, leading to
increased sodium and water retention and loss of potassium
Hyperaldosteronism signs symptoms - ✅✅hypokalemia,
elevated sodium,
unable to concentrate urine,
metabolic alkalosis
Headache
Hypertension
Weakness
paresthesias (pins and needles)
* tetany (muscle spasms or cramps).
What will the nurse expect to find in a client diagnosed with pheochromocytoma
1. Pallor
2. Headache
3. Bradycardia
4. Hypoglycemia - ✅✅Headache
Signs and symptoms of pheochromocytoma include - ✅✅* tachycardia (heartbeat above 100 BPM)
* hypertension
* headache,
* diaphoresis (excessive sweating),
* shortness of breath
The new nurse is assessing a client with suspected pheochromocytoma. Which action by the nurse
requires the precepting nurse to intervene?
1. Auscultating, palpating, and percussing the client's abdomen
2. Limiting visitors while the client is sleeping
3. Administering alpha and beta adrenergic receptor blockers
4. Taking the client's blood pressure for reports of chest pain - ✅✅1. Auscultating, palpating, and
percussing the client's abdomen
Pheochromocytoma - ✅✅a benign tumor of the adrenal medulla that causes the gland to produce
excess epinephrine
Pheochromocytoma treatment - ✅✅α-antagonists (e.g., phenoxybenzamine)
The nurse is aware that the cardiac indication of a phocochromocytoma is which condition
A. Extreme nausea
, B. Significant hypertension
C. Edema in the legs
D. Abdominal pain - ✅✅B. Significant hypertension
The nurse is aware that the primary indication of a pheochromyocytoma is which conditions
a. Extreme nausea and vomiting
b. Significant hypertension and hyperglycemia
c. Edema in the legs and feet
d. Abdominal pain and distention - ✅✅b. Significant hypertension and hyperglycemia
adrenalectomy - ✅✅surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands
do not palpate abdomen - ✅✅Palpation of a pheochromocytoma can cause intense release of
catecholamines and can precipitate a hypertensive crisis.
Hyperaldosteronism - ✅✅excessive output of aldosterone from the adrenal gland, leading to
increased sodium and water retention and loss of potassium
Hyperaldosteronism signs symptoms - ✅✅hypokalemia,
elevated sodium,
unable to concentrate urine,
metabolic alkalosis
Headache
Hypertension
Weakness
paresthesias (pins and needles)
* tetany (muscle spasms or cramps).
