Patho Module Eleven Assignment
Endocrine System Disorders
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honesty to copy answers directly from each other. Also, when taking a test, do not have this document visible before you.
Instructions:
1. Read and study RRD #11 and any other documents that are referred to.
2. Fill in this worksheet after you finish your readings. (Not mandatory to fill in worksheet, but it will
help when you are ready to enter your answers into Assignment Submission section.)
3. Click on the Assignment Submission offering when you are ready to enter your answers, and follow the
instructions there. Note: the electronic assignment format LOOKS like a test, but you will be able to access
the assignment freely UP UNTIL THE DUE DATE. At the due date and time, the assignment submission
module will become inaccessible. If you have not submiGed your assignment by then you will receive a
zero.
4. NOTE: in a UTA nursing course exam, read the question carefully, answer the question, save/submit and
then move to the next question. You cannot go back and re-review the question and change your
answer once you have moved forward to the next question.
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1. Following an illness, a patient becomes hypocalcemic. Which of the following mechanisms will increase the
calcium in her blood?
a. The pituitary will decrease its secretion of T4.
b. The thyroid will increase secretion of calcitonin.
c. The pituitary will decrease its secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH).
d. The parathyroid will increase its secretion of PTH.
2. Which statement, by a patient, would cause a registered nurse (RN) to suspect the patient is
experiencing hyperthyroidism?
a. “I just don’t seem to have an appetite anymore.”
b. “My hair is falling out and my skin is always moist.”
c. “My skin is really dry and course.”
d. “I have not had a bowel movement in 4 days.”
3. Lab work is done on a patient with untreated Grave’s disease. The expected findings would be a TSH and
a T4.
a. low; high
b. high; low
c. normal; high
d. high; normal.
4. While examining a patient diagnosed with the extreme state of hyperthyroidism, a nurse notes
, which is associated with a(n) .
a. hypoventilation; myxedema coma.
b. tetany; Addisonian crisis.
c. a temperature of 105°; thyrotoxic crisis.
d. cretinism; adrenal crisis.
5. Osteopenia is likely associated with all the following EXCEPT:
a. low dietary calcium.
b. hyperparathyroidism.
c. high levels of calcitonin.
d. increased osteoclastic activity.
Endocrine System Disorders
Academic honesty reminder: It is ok to discuss the assignments with other students as a learning tool, but it is considered a breach of academic
honesty to copy answers directly from each other. Also, when taking a test, do not have this document visible before you.
Instructions:
1. Read and study RRD #11 and any other documents that are referred to.
2. Fill in this worksheet after you finish your readings. (Not mandatory to fill in worksheet, but it will
help when you are ready to enter your answers into Assignment Submission section.)
3. Click on the Assignment Submission offering when you are ready to enter your answers, and follow the
instructions there. Note: the electronic assignment format LOOKS like a test, but you will be able to access
the assignment freely UP UNTIL THE DUE DATE. At the due date and time, the assignment submission
module will become inaccessible. If you have not submiGed your assignment by then you will receive a
zero.
4. NOTE: in a UTA nursing course exam, read the question carefully, answer the question, save/submit and
then move to the next question. You cannot go back and re-review the question and change your
answer once you have moved forward to the next question.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1. Following an illness, a patient becomes hypocalcemic. Which of the following mechanisms will increase the
calcium in her blood?
a. The pituitary will decrease its secretion of T4.
b. The thyroid will increase secretion of calcitonin.
c. The pituitary will decrease its secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH).
d. The parathyroid will increase its secretion of PTH.
2. Which statement, by a patient, would cause a registered nurse (RN) to suspect the patient is
experiencing hyperthyroidism?
a. “I just don’t seem to have an appetite anymore.”
b. “My hair is falling out and my skin is always moist.”
c. “My skin is really dry and course.”
d. “I have not had a bowel movement in 4 days.”
3. Lab work is done on a patient with untreated Grave’s disease. The expected findings would be a TSH and
a T4.
a. low; high
b. high; low
c. normal; high
d. high; normal.
4. While examining a patient diagnosed with the extreme state of hyperthyroidism, a nurse notes
, which is associated with a(n) .
a. hypoventilation; myxedema coma.
b. tetany; Addisonian crisis.
c. a temperature of 105°; thyrotoxic crisis.
d. cretinism; adrenal crisis.
5. Osteopenia is likely associated with all the following EXCEPT:
a. low dietary calcium.
b. hyperparathyroidism.
c. high levels of calcitonin.
d. increased osteoclastic activity.
