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| T3 and T4 serum level lab test |
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| What test would be ordered if pt had S/S of tiredness, weight gain, muscle aches and pains and constipation |
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| What are the nutritional needs for a pt with Grave's disease? |
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| A pt should report: becoming pregnant, jaundice, blood in stool, rash and abdominal pain when taking which med? |
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| provisions of a cool enviroment, eye care, nutritional support and prevention of diarrhea |
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| What should be implemented in a nursing care plan for pts with hyperthyroidism? |
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| decreased the hormone level in the blood, help reduce the risk of hemorrhage, decrease threat of thyroid storm, reduce exophthalmia |
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| What are the presurgical protocols for antithyroid drugs? |
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| thyroid replacement therapy |
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| pt's with hypothyroidism can live a normal life if they? |
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| can prevent the development of goiter in adults and cretinism in infants |
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| What can iodized salt prevent? |
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| decreased cardiac output related to hypocalcemia |
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| Nursing diagnosis for pt's with hypoparathyroidism. |
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| impaired urinary elimination related to urinary calculi |
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| Nursing diagnosis for pt's with hyperparathyroidism. |
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| What hormone inhibits the release of calcium from the bones? |
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| poor muscle tone, bone pain, hypertension and fractures |
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| What are the S/S of hyperparathyroidism? |
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| Tapping the face over the facial nerve and watch for spasms of the facial muscle is how to check for ________. |
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| Risk for impaired skin integrity |
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Definition
| Applying lotions and creams to help maintain moisture and elevate lower extremities when sitting or lying to pt's with hypothyroidism is to decrease what? |
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risk for impaired skin integrity related to dry skin,
constipation related to decreased peristalsis, disturbed thought process related to decreased cerbral O2 |
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Definition
| What are nursing diagnoses for hypothyroidism? |
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| Why would a doctor decrease a thyroid hormone for a pt? |
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| severe mental and physical retardation |
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| What would happen to an infant with hypothyroidism if not treated early? |
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| check behind the neck and upper back |
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Definition
| How would you check a pt for bleeding after a thyroidectomy? |
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| What would you have in the pt's room after a thyroidectomy? |
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| emergency breathing difficulty |
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Definition
| Why would you have a tracheostomy tray in the pt's room? |
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| If a hyperthyroid pt complains of tiredness and not being able to sleep. What would you suggest? |
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| When a pt has to drink a liquid, then wait a couple of hrs, then have pictures of thier neck taken is an what kind of test? |
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Term
| TSH is sending a message to your thyroid to increase production, but your thyroid is not doing what it is suppose to. |
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Definition
| If you have high levels of TSH and low levels of T4, what is happening? |
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Term
| radioactive iodine uptake test |
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Definition
| Washing hands with soap and water after each urination for 24 hrs is post op instructions for which test? |
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| Overactive thyroid, treated with meds or surgery |
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Definition
| What is Grave's disease and how do you treat it? |
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Definition
| Pale, rapid pulse and respirations, warm to touch are S/S of? |
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| S/S of hypothyroidism or infections |
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Definition
| What would you watch for if a pt is taking propylthiouracil? |
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| sleep pattern due to metabolic disturbances |
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Definition
| What would you watch out for with pts that have hyperthyroidism? |
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| What would you teach the pt that was newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism? |
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