Author Question: A patient is to receive desmopressin for diabetes insipidus. By which routes may the drug be ... (Read 37 times)

jho37 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A patient is to receive desmopressin for diabetes insipidus. By which routes may the drug be administered? You may select more than one answer.

a. By mouth
b. IV
c. By nasal spray
d. Subcutaneously
e. IM

Question 2

Nurses are discussing a plan of care for a female patient on estrogen therapy. Which of the following would be considered the major beneficial effect of hormone therapy with estrogen?

a. Decreased menopausal symptoms
b. Reduction of osteoporosis
c. Increased vitamin metabolism
d. Prevention of breast cancer

kishoreddi · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

a, b, c, d

Answer to Question 2

A
The major benefit of hormone therapy with estrogen is a decrease in menopausal symptoms.
Estrogen/progestin therapy reduces the risk of osteoporosis.
Hormone therapy with estrogen does not increase vitamin metabolism.
Whether estrogen therapy prevents breast cancer is not known.