MDC II Final Exam Rasmussen With 100% Correct An Verified Answers

MDC II Final Exam Rasmussen With 100%
Correct An Verified Answers
Whatiareitheiglandsiofitheiendocrineisystem?
i(SATAiQ?)i-iCorrectiAnswer-*PTiPAPiHOT*



▪iPituitary
▪iThyroid

▪iPancreas
▪iAdrenals
▪iParathyroid

▪iHypothalamus
▪iOvaries
▪iTestes

aniautoimmuneidisorderithatiisicausedibyihyperthyro
idismiandiisicharacterizedibyi*goiteriand/
oriexophthalmos*i-iCorrectiAnswer-Grave'sidisease

*HYPERthyroidismiakaiGrave'sidisease*

▪iTreatmentsi-iCorrectiAnswer-*Treatments*
▪iRx:imethimazole,iatenolol,iandi*iodine-131*
▪iradiationitherapy

*NursingiInterventions*
▪iprovideiaicalmienvironment
▪ikeepipatientsiroomicool
▪iassessipain
▪iprepareipatientiforisurgery
▪ipost-operativeicare

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,▪imaintainiaipatentiairway
--------isameiasihypothyroidismi---------
▪iprovideiperiodsiofirest
▪icontinuousicardiacimonitoring
▪imonitorivitalisigns
▪idailyiweight
▪imonitoriI&O
▪imonitorilaboratoryitests
▪iapplyiantiembolismistockingsitoipreventiDVT
▪iprovideiskinicare

_________iisiconsidereditoibeithei"masterigland"iasiitise
cretesihormonesithaticontroliotheripartsiofitheiendoc
rineisystem.i-iCorrectiAnswer-pituitaryigland

*AnterioriHYPOpituitarism*

▪iDeficienciesiofiwhichitwoihormonesiareitheimostilif
eithreatening?i-iCorrectiAnswer-▪iACTH
▪iTSH

▪iareitheimostilifeithreateningibecauseitheyicauseiaid
ecreaseiinitheisecretioniofivitalihormonesifromitheiad
renaliandithyroidiglands.

*AnterioriHYPOpituitarism*

▪iLaboratoryi&iDiagnosticiTestsi-iCorrectiAnswer-
Bloodworki(*alliareiDECREASED*)
▪iT3
▪iT4
▪iProlactin
▪iTestosterone
▪iEstradiol

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,Scansi(you'llialwaysidrawibloodiworkifirstiforidiagnos
ticsithough)
▪iCT/MRIi-idetectiboneiorisoftitissueilesions
▪iSkulliX-rayi-
idetectienlargement,ierosions,iandicalcificationiofithe

isellaiturcica



T/
F:idoibothimeniandiwomenihaveitestosteroneiandiestr
adiol?i-iCorrectiAnswer-TRUE!
iWeihaveiveryismalliamountsiofitestosteroneioriestrad

iolinoimatteriifiweiareimenioriwomen.

*AnterioriHYPERpituitarism*

(SATAiQ?)

▪iLaboratoryiTestsi-iCorrectiAnswer-*INCREASED:*
▪iProlactini-ithisimightibeitheiansweritoitheiQ
▪iCortisol
▪iTSH
▪iLHi(men)
▪iFSHi(men)
▪iGlucose

*DECREASED:*
▪iGonadotropin

HYPERcortisolismi(akaiCushing'siDisease)

*PriorityiIntervention*i-iCorrectiAnswer-
▪iPreventiinfectionibecauseitheyiareiimmunosuppres
sed

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, ▪ihandwashing

▪i*DeficiencyiofiADH*iresultingiinilargeivolumesiofidil
uteiurine
▪iAidisorderiofitheiposterioripituitaryiglandi-
iCorrectiAnswer-diabetesiinsipidus



*PosterioriPituitaryiGland:iDiabetesiInsipidus:*

▪iWhatiwillitheipatientipresentiwith?/KeyiSymptomsi-
iCorrectiAnswer-*Theyiareilosingiailotiofiwater:*



•ipolyuria
•ipolydipsia
•idehydration
•ifluid/electrolyteiimbalance
•idilute,ilowiurineispecificigravityi(<1.005)
•ihighiplasmaiosmolarity
•ioutputidoesinotidecreaseiwhenifluidiintakeidecreas
es

*remember!
iyouris/siareigoingitoilookilikeidehydration*

•itachycardia
•ihypotension
•ipooriturgor
•idryimucousimembranes
•idecreasedicognition
•iataxia
•iirritability

*PosterioriPituitaryiGland:iDiabetesiInsipidus:*




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