In teaching a client with hypoparathyroidism about the disorder, which statement by the nurse best explains how the parathyroid hormone controls calcium levels in the blood?
1. Parathyroid hormones promote magnesium excretion by the kidneys, which raise blood calcium levels.
2. Parathyroid hormones stimulate cells of the gastrointestinal tract to absorb dietary calcium, raising the blood level.
3. Parathyroid hormone blocks phosphorous excretion by the kidneys, which then decreases the blood calcium level.
4. When blood calcium levels fall, parathyroid hormones stimulate bone resorption and increase calcium in the blood.
Question 2
A client is taking dexamethasone (Decadron) for treatment of Addison's disease. The nurse should conclude that the client needs further instruction when the client states:
1. I should weigh myself every morning.
2. I should not eat bananas.
3. I will call the physician for extreme thirst.
4. I should be seen if wounds do not heal.
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
B, The nurse teaches the postoperative client to use an incentive spirometer to expand the lungs.
Patient teaching: lung assessment
Patient Teaching Methods
Apply the substance to the client’s upper chest.
Teaching Models: Designing Instruction for 21st Century Learners