The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a 10-year-old girl ...

[crazycityslicker]

The nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a 10-year-old girl with hyperthyroidism. Which of the following will be part of the plan?
 
  A) Describing surgery to remove an anterior pituitary tumor
  B) Teaching the parents to give injections of growth hormone
  C) Explaining about the radioactive iodine procedure
  D) Showing the parents how to give DDAVP intranasally

Question 2

The nurse is performing an assessment of a 13-year-old boy with diabetes mellitus. Which of the following assessments would most likely indicate the presence of type 1 diabetes?
 
  A) The parents report that their child had a cold or flu recently.
  B) Assessment of vital signs shows a normal blood pressure.
  C) The parents report that their son can't drink enough water and is tired a lot.
  D) Auscultation reveals Kussmaul breathing.

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Answer to Question 1

C
Response:
Explaining about the radioactive iodine procedure would be part of the teaching plan for a child with hyperthyroidism because this is a less invasive therapy for the disorder. Describing surgery to remove an anterior pituitary tumor is a teaching intervention for hyperpituitarism. Teaching parents to give injections of growth hormone is a teaching intervention for growth hormone deficiency. Showing parents how to give DDAVP intranasally is appropriate for a child with diabetes insipidus.

Answer to Question 2

B
Response:
An antecedent flu-like illness is common with type 1 but possible with type 2 . Normal blood pressure would indicate type 1 . Unquenchable thirst and fatigue are seen in both types of diabetes mellitus. Kussmaul breathing is common to type 1 but possible in type 2.

[crazycityslicker]

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[Liddy]

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