The nurse is working in a women's clinic and is caring for a ...

[Tazate]

The nurse is working in a women's clinic and is caring for a 60-year-old patient who is starting progesterone therapy for dysfunctional uterine bleeding.
 
  In providing patient education, the nurse should advise the patient to report which of the following symptoms? (Select all that apply). a. Depression
  b. Lethargy
  c. Diarrhea
  d. Breakthrough bleeding
  e. Breast tenderness

Question 2

Select the accurate statement regarding the actions of human growth hormone.
 
  a. It acts on the liver to suppress the release of insulin-like growth factor in nondiabetics.
  b. It suppresses amino acid uptake in patients with liver disease.
  c. It facilitates urinary nitrogen excretion in patients with renal disease.
  d. It causes blood glucose to rise in diabetic patients.

[kjohnson]

Answer to Question 1

A, B, E
The nurse should advise the patient to report depression, lethargy, and breast tenderness.
Diarrhea is not a side effect of progesterone therapy.
Breakthrough bleeding is expected with progesterone therapy.

Answer to Question 2

d

[Tazate]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[kjohnson]

Great! Please up vote